Engineers came up with a set of tests to make sure reclaimed asphalt pavement resists skidding and sliding when wet.

More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of asphalt, which is constructed with nonrenewable materials such as ...

Quantum ideas describe particles and fields in tiny packages, but general relativity paints gravity as smooth curves in space‑time. Until now.

All known elementary particles fall into one of two categories ... But paraparticles in three dimensions that could form a solid still seemed impossible. That is, until now. While developing their ...

By a suspension, materials scientists mean a liquid in which tiny, insoluble solid particles are evenly distributed. If the concentration of particles in such a mixture is very high, phenomena can ...

A new study out in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment finds that wildfires fueled by climate change are ...

For my music, that medium is air, but you can also hear sounds underwater—or through solid matter if you put ... with just a few dozen particles in each cubic centimeter. That thin gruel can ...

Worsening ozone levels can be attributed to smoke from wildfires in Canada in 2023 and higher temperatures combined with emissions in the South. The American Lung Association found that 156.1 ...