A simple roll of tape and graphite led to a major scientific breakthrough. Researchers isolated graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms. This discovery proved that two-dimensional crystals could be ...

What if the knowledge that could fuel the next scientific breakthrough has simply been forgotten in an old graph or table? Valuable scientific insights may already exist across decades of published ...

Well, science and baseball. Physicists build models to explain how the world works. It might be an equation, like the ideal ...

As society helplessly watches tech giants infuse AI into everything, Google has at least introduced some new AI-powered tools ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist — an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication — has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike. It ...

Rice fields are a critical source of CH 4 and N 2 O, necessitating accurate, field-level measurements to inform effective mitigation programs. This review (Volume 1) offers a novel perspective on this ...

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A competition calling for research projects involving so-called AI scientists shows just how fast this technology is moving. A number of startups and university teams that are building “AI scientists” ...