We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
Parachutes inspired by Japanese paper cutting unfurl automatically and fall more predictably than standard parachutes.
Chemists have discovered tiny zaps of electricity moving between “swamp-gas” bubbles. Could they ignite methane gas to glow as dancing blue flames?
Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.
The Big Bang may have spawned these theoretical black holes, whose lives are thought to end in a burst of extremely energetic particles.
In Tales of Militant Chemistry, Alice Lovejoy traces how film giants Kodak and Agfa helped produce weapons of war during the 20th century.
Experiments reveal that when slabs of salty ice are strained, electricity is generated, though practical uses are still a long way off.
Researchers could use quantum effects to develop new types of medical imaging inside cells themselves.
Gravitational waves emitted after two black holes coalesced agree with theories from physicists Stephen Hawking and Roy Kerr.
The subatomic particles called neutrinos are famously elusive. But an unconventional trick could make a laser beam of the aloof particles.
