Higher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students?

Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.

The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced an initiative to translate low-dimensional semiconductor technologies from laboratory demonstrations into platforms for U.S. manufacturers to…

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a $47 million investment over five years, along with additional financial commitments from nearly three dozen universities and private industry...

Electrified models account for every place in Autotrader’s top 10 fastest selling used cars of July list. The list marks the first time no petrol or

The response to the OMB’s proposed rule on federal financial assistance appears to be overwhelmingly negative, with strong opposition from science groups.

Recent price hikes, usage limitations and unreliable outputs are causing some scientific researchers to think twice about using artificial intelligence.

The original focused research organizations.

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The Department of Energy annually sends early-career scientists to the Capitol to share their research in just 3 min. This year, chemistry was a focus

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Raising the upper cutoff voltage of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to increase energy density often exceeds the electrolyte’s anodic stability limit, ac…

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How a back-of-the-envelope calculation adds up to everything we need to fix as we rebuild the scientific structures that are crumbling.

The project will provide a significant contribution to the state’s economy, including a large buildout of new clean energy projects.

Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.

A trip to Long Beach Airport reveals something deep about policy

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Is the AI boom masking the looming challenge of 2030s coal retirements?

How physical and organizational constraints shape the future of autonomous science

The GOP's "One Big Beautiful Bill" largely spared the industry, seeming to shift its fate.

In this study, we provide valuable insights into the preconditioning effects on optimization of a zinc ion (Zn–MnO2) battery with lower current rates. While other academic papers aim to provide fundam...

With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.

A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.

Ford is just the latest to repurpose "underutilized" EV battery capacity for BESS — but making the swap can be quite the undertaking.

The initiative aims to build “novel platform technologies” akin to the internet or polymerase chain reaction.

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Here, the authors interrogate the sequential structural and electronic evolution of Li${}_{2}$RuO${}_{3}$ during Li cycling. The material transforms from a well-ordered monoclinic phase, dominated by ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) on Friday announced the launch of a new initiative designed to launch and scale a new generation…