When engineers want to make a metal stronger, one of the most reliable strategies is to use smaller grains—the microscopic ...

Experts note that Boomers were taught what to think, while modern students are taught how to find information. While Boomers ...

Schools’ ‘perfection’ | A good step | Humanity suffered. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Jan. 2, 2026.

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We definitely have an attention problem, but it’s not just a function of the digital technology that pings and beeps and ...

What to do if you spill liquid over your laptop - or, at least, what I tried when I poured a mug of tea over my work laptop.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of procedural lapses being observed during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to ...

Glassy materials are everywhere, with applications far exceeding windowpanes and drinking glasses. They range from bioactive ...

Now, two unrelated-but-similar experiments confirm that, in a double-slit experiment, detection of a photon’s path (its ...

"They need to pay for this. We'll never know what really happened," said the father of a Postal Worker found dead in a mail ...

Alternative anodes such as Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ offer improved safety, but their low theoretical capacity severely constrains energy ...