Mid- and far-infrared birefringent crystals are key functional materials for polarization control, laser technologies, and ...

The Einstein–de Haas effect, which links the spin of electrons to macroscopic rotation, has now been demonstrated in a ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

Achieving record efficiency in perovskite solar cells, a new study demonstrates the role of solvent dynamics in optimizing film crystallization and stability.

Spiral scanning creates six distinguishable polarization patterns in ferroelectric films, enabling data storage beyond binary ...

Macrophage polarization is central to immune homeostasis and disease pathogenesis. It is achieved through complex regulatory networks mediated by post-translational modifications (PTMs). This review ...

With age comes social media mania. Older generations are driving political polarization and conspiracy theories on top internet platforms, while Zoomers tend to be more issue-focused rather than on ...

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about the “root causes” of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political ...

More local officials than ever say in a new survey that political polarization is having a negative impact nationally, with those in larger communities seeing greater local effects — findings that ...

What Pope Leo’s first international trip tells us about the leader of the Catholic Church. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. When Pope Francis visited the island of Lampedusa in 2013, as ...

Thrust onto the international stage for the first time since his election, Pope Leo XIV advocated for harmony and dialogue in a moment marked by deep global fracture. "Human communities are ...

A conversation with Darren Walker, the outgoing head of the Ford Foundation. Even in difficult times, leadership must be about empathy, authenticity, fairness and service. That’s according to Darren ...