Dec. 16 (UPI) -- For the first time, researchers have generated the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a multilayered insulator, creating a kind of multilane highway, across which electrons can travel.

Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The sound of singing birds in nature promotes feelings of well-being in humans, according to new research.

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Experiments on a NASA educational satellite mission planned this month include two devices intended to inspect other spacecraft in space and a box of quartz marbles that will float in microgravity.

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- California-based space company Astra launched a demonstration rocket into space for the first time Tuesday afternoon from Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island.

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- It's been five years since Safer, a Red Sea oil tanker with a regrettable name, was decommissioned and abandoned, but calls to empty the tanker have failed to spur action -- and it is likely a disaster waiting to happen.

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The United Nations Development Program said in a new report released Tuesday the world must "release their grip on nature" and challenges like the coronavirus pandemic may become more common.

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- To help robots walk a little bit more like real insects, researchers have turned to nonlinear physics, the branch of physics used to describe complex, real world systems.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Using brain scans, genetic analysis and psychological self-assessments, scientists have managed to render a kind of neural portrait of loneliness.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- New investments in green energy won't have the same impact everywhere. Some places will gain greater environmental benefits from renewable energy sources than others, according to a new study.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- An ancient ceramic oil-lamp workshop, one of the largest of its kind, has been unearthed in Beit Shemesh, a city located west of Jerusalem in Israel.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- According to a new study, a new kind of algal bloom is becoming more common along the West Coast -- fueled by human-caused climate change.

Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A dazzling display is about to unfold in the night sky as one of the most reliable meteor showers of the entire year approaches its peak.

Dec. 13 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a radio communications satellite for SiriusXM from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday afternoon in clear skies, two days after scrubbing the flight with 30 seconds until liftoff.

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- When economies falter and the gulf between the haves and have nots widens, polarization becomes contagious, according to a new paper published Friday in the journal Science Advances.