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To take a picture, the best digital cameras on the market open their shutter for around around one four-thousandths of a second.

Researchers around the world have been working on ways to improve cameras. Here, we look at three discoveries that increase the speed, frequency, and...

A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week. Paleontologists who recently found the fossilized

To take a picture, the best digital cameras on the market open their shutter for around around one four thousandths of a second.

Researchers have created a new camera that features a shutter speed so fast, it can see atomic structures without blur.

In a world of materials that normally expand upon heating, one that shrinks along one 3D axis while expanding along another stands out. That's especially true when the unusual shrinkage is linked to a property important for thermoelectric devices, which convert heat to electricity or electricity to heat.

When the ship sunk in 1545, marine bacteria started eating away at the hull