From schools of fish and flocks of birds to microscopic synthetic particles, many systems in nature and the laboratory ...

Human-made microbeads don’t always go with the flow. Under certain conditions, the artificial particles can align themselves with a fluid’s flow and then swim upstream, researchers report May 1 in ...

The processes that capture carbon from the atmosphere and store it on the seabed are crucial for climate balance. However, ...

Scientists discovered unusually high water-vapor supersaturation inside deep tropical clouds, creating conditions in which ...

But such measurements are notoriously challenging: the instruments used are themselves governed by quantum laws, and their interaction with particles can alter the very properties they are meant to ...

Sometimes, particles can pass through walls. Though it sounds like science fiction, the phenomenon is well documented and even understood under the bizarre rules that govern the microscopic world ...

Atmospheric and climate scientists show that biological particles may induce rain events that could contribute to flooding and snowstorms, owing to their ability to precipitate ice formation in clouds ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If you pump more and more energy into a massive particle, it moves ...

Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to our Solar System, and it is likely that particles from it could be making their way over to or already be in our stellar neighborhood. To know what to ...