Water rolls on h-BN but encounters friction on graphene. Atomic structure and substrate shape nanoscale movement, guiding advances in coatings and anti-icing surfaces. Researchers found that this ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.

The following footage depicts a deserted wasteland where there is little vegetation, trees, or water. Soviet soldiers seem to be preparing a nuclear detonation in the middle of nowhere. Nothing ...

Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures ...

On the left is an artistic depiction of a twisted double layer forming a moiré pattern created by overlapping 2D sheets; each layer’s structure is shown separately on the right. Researchers with the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Benjamin Jensen led a research project that was a collaboration between CSIS and Scale AI. He did not personally receive any funding from the company. The sizes of military headquarters have grown to ...

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...

Editor’s note: Daily Item reporter Rick Dandes’ father was aboard a naval vessel headed for Japan as a combat soldier in the invading force during World War II when the invasion was called off. Eighty ...

Today, 35% of Americans believe dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified, according to a Pew Research Center poll. Photo from Caitlin James, UnSplash American public opinion ...