There’s no mystery to innovation and economic growth; the US must nurture its scientists or find out the hard way.

The materials that make up all the structures and physical systems around us, including our own bodies, are not perfect—they ...

For years, the so-called “cultural normativeness hypothesis” cast a shadow over efforts to ban corporal punishment worldwide.

Physical sciences are those academic disciplines that aim to uncover the underlying laws of nature - often written ... materials science and physics. Hypochlorite is in wide industrial and ...

This material can expand, change shape, move, and respond to electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, even though it has no motor or internal gears. In a study that echoes scenes ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has ...

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step ...

Researchers uncover physical laws explaining why cracks in materials break their symmetry while spreading. The findings lay ...

Social prescribing,” or offering health care referrals for community activities, rather than just medications, can help ...

Trump's administration told about 400 scientists working on the National Climate Assessment that they were no longer needed ...