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.

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Scientists create cold radioactive radium molecules to search for clues behind the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance.

Summary: Researchers revealed that thermal perception is governed by a singular, dual-directional neural community. By deploying high-resolution, live-tissue imaging in awake models, the team ...

Whether we hold a warm mug or step onto a cool floor, specialized nerve cells in the skin constantly report temperature to ...

From Big Brother to The Office, Fringe to Cougar Town, these TV shows changed their concepts and drastically improved because ...

NASA is planning to light a fire on the moon to better understand how combustion works in low-gravity environments.

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Throughout history, people have come up with surprising ways to beat the heat that actually work. By Hiroko Tabuchi Long before air-conditioning, people around the world came up with ingenious ways to ...

Viking 1 kicked off the search for Martian life 50 years ago. Now NASA’s shifting priorities are putting the quest in limbo.