WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2025 — AIP’s 2026 Karl Taylor Compton Medal for leadership in physics is being awarded to Professor John ...

Using an optoelectronic transistor as the tetrachromatic sensor, the system can simultaneously process spectral, spatial, and ...

Taking advantage of quantum mechanical effects can be an alternative method for modifying current in high-sensitivity ...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 2, 2016, with the USS Arizona Memorial in the foreground. (Inside Science) -- Everyone knew it ...

Overall, the experience reinforced that floppy disks aren’t interchangeable carriers; they are unique artifacts with their ...

Provisions on research security, grant policies, indirect cost rates, and more are packed into the latest version of the NDAA ...

An independent investigative board presented its final report on the failure of the Mars Observer mission to NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin on January 5. Communication with the spacecraft, which had ...

A small fraction of Brecher’s personal dreidel collection. His favorite top is the hand-carved wooden globe in the front. (Inside Science) -- Like millions of people around the world, myself included, ...

The deflection of a control rod leads to stress and abrasion that’s easily missed with standard visual inspections, reducing ...

The Quetzalcoatlus northropi was the largest flying animal that ever lived. The huge pterosaur existed during the Late ...

According to experts, it’s strong historic investment in basic science, academic freedom for researchers and patience to see results. A representation of the surface of the Zika virus, made using the ...

An analysis method that finds patterns within signals can distinguish the gait of a patient with Parkinson’s with 100% ...