No matter whether they're big, little, long, short, skinny or fat -- classic stalactites have the same singular shape. Almost everyone knows that stalactites, formations that hang from the roof of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanopores are emerging as a powerful platform technology with applications across biosensing, energy harvesting, and other fields. However, most existing solid-state nanopore ...

In 1970, Jacques Cousteau and his team recovered an unusual stalactite from the depths of the Caribbean Sea. Now a geoscientist explains what it reveals about our climate since the last ice age. In ...