A research university emphasizes entrepreneurial science—and spawns start-ups in fields as varied as genetic medicine, ...

The setup of the ingenious computer that works with tension and springs. Credit: St. Olaf College It has no wires, no silicon ...

Predicting material properties remains a major challenge in materials science, as it often requires complex and ...

Long term, methamphetamine is linked to severe weight loss, malnutrition, mood swings, depression, weakened immune function ...

The stiffness of tumour tissue plays a role in how cancer spreads. Furthermore, stiff tumour tissue leaves traces in the ...

The security of every nation faces an increasingly severe and frequent threat: disruptions to nature. In this Q&A, Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State professor of ecosystem science and management, ...

Diagnosis is, as Sifferlin writes, “the most important piece of medical information a person can receive.” In light of this, ...

Cotton for calm, synthetics for stress? The truth behind the viral claim. Scientific evidence suggests that while ...

Experts say it will take decades to make Elon Musk’s cosmic vision real.

By studying galaxy clusters separated by hundreds of millions of light-years, Penn physicist Patricio Gallardo and ...

Explore 25 Unsolved Mysteries That Haunt Modern Science. From dark matter to consciousness, these profound puzzles challenge ...

Florida State University launched a new undergraduate degree, called Civics and Liberty Studies, to create “ethically ...