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Large batteries that store electricity have revolutionized power grids and car markets. Now some start-ups are betting that “heat batteries” could be just as transformative.

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] As Hong Kong pushes towards its first Five-Year Plan target of raising R&D expenditure to 3% of GDP, the...

While solids, liquids, and gases make up the familiar world around us, scientists have now proposed a 'new state' of matter that is far, far stranger.

Reid Wiseman, now a retired emeritus astronaut, will become deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s premier center for deep-space robotic missions.

While today's most popular dog names include Milo, Teddy and Luna, ancient Egyptians appear to have preferred something a little more dramatic.

Australian actor Richard Norton's death was 'triggered by' his use of unapproved peptides, a coroner has ruled.

Americans have been warned to prepare for an official emergency alert test that will blast on televisions and radios nationwide.

Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX claims that its new Tiangai 300 graphics processing unit (GPU) can match and even surpass Nvidia’s H200 in real-world AI workloads, highlighting efforts by...

F.O.P., a rare genetic condition, causes uncontrolled explosions of bone. A new drug may slow or halt the process.

After several users reported unsightly cracks on their screens, one early buyer has discovered a visible gap on his £2,000 device.

During a recent expedition off the coast of Central California, scientists from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute encountered the fish 1,970 feet (600 metres) underwater.

The water firm is performing "significantly below target" for pollution, the Environment Agency says.