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Northwestern Engineering's Karan Ahuja has received a Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund award. In its second round of awards, the fund bestowed more than $2 million to support eight exceptional ...

As the International Space Station approaches its scheduled death date in 2030, several planned commercial stations hope to fill the void and become the premier lab-for-profit in low Earth orbit.

Feb. 4, 2025 — A daily intake of one gram of omega-3s can slow down biological aging by up to four months, according to an analysis of clinical data from the international DO-HEALTH study. For ...

In a year that will see many AI achievements and battles, let’s not forget that not all AI research makes the front pages.

Design of experiments (DoE) might be just what you need ... This two-part workshop equips you with the tools you need to tackle these challenges head-on, expanding your expertise in DoE and its ...

A teacher at Drakensburg Secondary School in South Africa is under investigation for allegedly cutting off a Hindu student's religious thread. The South African Hindu Maha Sabha has condemned the ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, ...

Feb. 3, 2025 — Electrochemical reaction-based stimuli-responsive materials are shaping up the era of innovative display devices. By embedding luminescent ...

After assessing the cases of 17 babies cited at her original trial, a panel of world-renowned specialists said that they had found no evidence that Ms. Letby had murdered anyone. Israel’s ...

Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. January 27, 2025 • A recent study in the journal Nature unveiled new proteins ...