Results of the 14th annual Cool Science Image Contest were announced on Wednesday with winners selected from a pool of entries that include University of Wisconsin faculty, professors and students.

Children were using robotic arms to lift small items and move them. They were flying and landing airplanes on flight simulators, making liquid tornadoes in plastic bottles, rolling balls of various ...

There is rarely time to write about every cool science paper that comes our way; many worthy candidates sadly fall through the cracks over the course of the year. But as 2024 comes to a close, we’ve ...

A list of simple and fun facts of physics for you to digest!

Kaylin Oakes, a sophomore from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, whose art is teaching people about the climate crisis, is the top winner in the state’s division of UMass Lowell’s Cool Science Contest. The ...

Imagine drawing on something as delicate as a living cell -- without damaging it. Researchers have made this groundbreaking discovery using an unexpected combination of tools: frozen ethanol, electron ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

Hollywood has never been known for its strict adherence to science. In most blockbusters the laws of physics are treated more like polite suggestions than hard rules. Need I mention “Armageddon”? I ...

LOWELL — Kaylin Oakes, a sophomore from Tyngsboro whose art is teaching people about the climate crisis, is the top winner in the state’s division of UMass Lowell’s Cool Science Contest. The ...