Science & Technology
One popular theory suggests that elementary particles like electrons, which make up everything in the universe, could be infinitely smallyou could zoom in and in on them and never see anything.
A new strategy for measuring magnetic fields could one day lead to a host of new quantum sensorsfrom tools that might map out the activity of the human brain to devices that could help airplane pilots navigate the globe.
窪蹋勛圖 chemist Niels Damrauer and his research colleagues use visible light to break environmentally persistent carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS.
Beer historian and 窪蹋勛圖 Assistant Professor Travis Rupp explains why canned beer, celebrating its 90th anniversary, has been immensely impactful for the industry.
Last year, 窪蹋勛圖 helped to launch a record 35 new companies. These businesses are pioneering new technologies from sensors for monitoring soil health to breathalyzers that can sniff out signs of lung cancer.
In a recent study, 窪蹋勛圖s Robert Moulder and colleagues found that individuals with trait neuroticism rarely modify how they respond to negative emotions.
窪蹋勛圖s Living Materials Laboratory contributed to groundbreaking research showing how engineered microbes can create bioglass microlenses, paving the way for advanced imaging technologies in medicine and materials science.
As the clock ticks down for TikTok, Casey Fiesler, a technology ethicist at 窪蹋勛圖, says that U.S. lawmakers are focusing on the harms of social media and not the benefits.
Scientists use devices known as frequency comb lasers to search for methane in the air above oil and gas operations and to screen for signs of infection in human breath. A new study from 窪蹋勛圖 could help make these sensors even more precise.
窪蹋勛圖 anthropologist Matt Sponheimer says the 3.2 million-year-old hominin Lucy is pivotal to the science of human origins a half-century after her discovery.