As we prepare to invest money to prevent the next global pandemic and find solutions to many other problems, science funders have a…
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Real-world technology is often foretold by science fiction. In 1927, characters in the film Metropolis made video calls to each other. Star…
Nanomedicines took the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are using these very small and intricate materials to develop diagnostic tests…
Researchers in the US have finally fulfilled an objective that was set decades ago: the achievement of “ignition” – getting more energy…
Nuclear fusion holds huge promise as a source of clean, abundant energy that could power the world. Now, fusion researchers…
In August 1955, a group of scientists made a funding request for US$13,500 to host a summer workshop at Dartmouth…
Scientists made headlines last week for supposedly generating a wormhole. The research, reported in Nature, involves the use of a quantum…
For the first time, scientists in the US have confirmed a fusion energy experiment achieved net gain. This means releasing…
Our society faces the grand challenge of providing sustainable, secure and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce…
Some stars just get unlucky. There are billions of stars within a typical galaxy. Yet once every 100,000 years or…