Democrats continue to be more likely than Republicans to say science has had a mostly positive effect on society.

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...

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Anuj Kapur, the president and CEO of software delivery company CloudBees, said artificial intelligence (AI) will help solve many of humanity's most pressing problems. But along with disruption and ...

The promise of AI agents has led to claims of imminent and rapid adoption across fields. Companies have even promised to build AI agents that can automate all legal and scientific tasks. At the same ...

If you were to collect all the organisms from the ocean surface down to 200 meters, you'd find that SAR11 bacteria, though invisible to the naked eye, would make up a fifth of the total biomass. These ...

Nicola Gaston receives funding from TEC as Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, and from the Marsden fund administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

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This was the theme of deliberation in a closed door working group meeting of government officials, industry stakeholders and ...