Recently, Commonwealth Fusion, which is building a demonstration tokamak in Massachussets, started construction of the ...

That might seem like an evolutionary disadvantage, given sleep leaves us immobile and potentially vulnerable to attacks for ...

Quantum computers will be a dream come true for hackers, risking everything from military secrets to bank information. Can we ...

On TikTok there are exceptional "testimonials" like Nikola Tesla or Marie Curie delivering short science-related messages that have garnered millions of views. This is just one of many examples where ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, pretty much everybody is familiar with this technology: paper-based rapid test strips, also ...

Unknown to the scientists working on this test, named Divider ... a physicist at the University of Chicago and chair of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ...

Researchers developed olfactory tests -- in which participants sniff odor labels that have been placed on a card -- to assess people's ability to discriminate, identify and remember odors.

Scientists have been complaining for years that the way we fund science is flawed. Researchers are too often waiting up to 20 months for grant funding, an eternity in fast-moving fields like ...

The STEM Expo drew not only students but high-level attendees from the sea service, including Chief of Naval Research Rear ...

To buttress that point, Rober repeated the same test using a Lexus RX-based prototype ... driving experts previously speaking with Popular Science did not completely rule out the possibility ...

Kimberly Hansen, collections manager of flowering plants, wears gloves to protect her hands as she shows off deadly pong pong ...

Chinese scientists have unveiled a propulsion breakthrough that could redefine the future of hypersonic flight. Led by Yang Qingchun, an associate professor with Beihang University in Beijing, the ...