As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...
The 77th Emmy Awards, hosted by first-timer Nate Bargatze, started off promisingly. But in short order, the broadcast ...
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Chance discoveries

Not every wonderful breakthrough in science and technology was created intentionally. A chance discovery or invention is an unexpected realization and insight that occurs without direct intention.
A Chilean astronomer has become dedicated to battling light pollution in the Atacama Desert and preserve what is considered the best place on Earth to study space.
Museums here have reinvented themselves with immersive technology, family-friendly galleries and blockbuster festivals, ...
Micro-X has been granted $4.4 million by the Australian government to build and trial a world-first stroke-diagnosis-capable ...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week the completion of statewide cleanup efforts in Price, ...
Sandia scientists developed a new type of X-ray that uses patterned multi-metal targets to create colorized, high-resolution ...
A new kind of cathode that is more resistant to power fluctuations can render (sea)water electrolysis more sustainable, ...
When German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in the late 1800s while experimenting with cathode ray tubes, it was a breakthrough that transformed science and medicine. So much so that the ...
A team at Sandia National Labs has developed what they belive is a better way to X-Ray, harnessing different metals and the ...
Minicomputers were mid-range, general-purpose computers in the age of mainframes, the latter taking up large rooms and ...