The perception of a chemist varies. Some might imagine the "mad scientist" from old cartoons—a white-haired older man working ...

A landmark study has debunked the long-held belief that people of African, Caribbean and Asian heritage cannot float due to ...

Separation is more than a mechanical step—it is also the foundation of a circular economy. By combining advanced separation ...

Weed control is essential in apple orchards because weeds compete with trees for nutrients, water and sunlight, which can ...

Hye-Sook Park, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been awarded the Edward Teller Award for 2025 by the American Nuclear Society. The award recognizes her pioneering ...

The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards graduate students three years of support over five years to pursue a doctoral degree in STEM. This year, due to ...

We are excited to share our first big milestone in solving a grand challenge that has hampered the predictive power of computational chemistry, biochemistry, and materials science for decades. By ...

Scientists in China have created a new type of display with the smallest pixels and the highest pixel density ever. Individual pixels were shrunk to 90 nanometers – about the size of a virus – and a ...

How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...

Researchers have combined injections of a novel hydrogel with systemic osteoporosis drugs in rats, achieving rapid local increases in bone density. The results offer hope for future fracture ...

Brightly colored illustration showing Earth cut in half to reveal distinct interior layers. The nature of Earth's interior has long fascinated scientists. Credit: Johan Swanepoel/Science Source ...

COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of immense scrutiny and misinformation since the vaccines were first administered in the U.S. nearly four years ago. In the first year alone, it is estimated ...