Why a recent call to abolish the NIH is a decoy to accelerate the OSTP-endorsed transfer of federal science funding to corporate interests

Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of tribologists

New work could lead to improvements in organic photovoltaics

A decades-old neutrino mystery might be solved not by undiscovered physics but by improved calculations.

University plans range of awards in basic and applied science, seeking to meet "moment of remarkable opportunity."

Fermat's Library is a platform for illuminating academic papers.

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Scientists raced to finish a new telescope before Trump could cancel the funding. And they won.

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

Despite HHS leadership claims, mRNA vaccines are safe, effective, and scalable. More federal investment is needed to improve them to confront disease threats.

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An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

AIP History Weekly Edition: September 25, 2026

The lecure series examines the historical and conceptual development of modern physics, focusing on the debates, discoveries, and ideas that shaped major breakthroughs. Topics include relativity, cosm...

Foundational postulates of the path-integral formulation observed in the lab

Large language models like long words and em-dashes—or do they?

A British farm used more than 10,000 pumpkins and squashes to create a portrait to celebrate the 100th birthday of Britain's most famous naturalist.

Calculations identify complicated consequences of removing a mirror

Nick Zacharopoulos, CEO of Aktina Medical, is our podcast guest

Thousands of new bikes and scooters will be added to Chicago's streets as part of the new contract, the city announced Wednesday.

In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.

Mathematical Discourse is an online, peer-reviewed journal, publishing videos of mathematics research talks.

This is an English translation of a book originally published in Japanese by Saiensu-sha in 2015. The book is an introduction to the 3d-3d correspondence, the relation between 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$…

Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards.

Unilateral efforts by the administration to politicize funding decisions jeopardize discovery, health, and the economy… and demand a timely, effective response.

The proposal, which would have given President Donald Trump greater influence over health grant decisionmaking, could still advance in a new form.

Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.

Unilateral efforts by the White House to politicize funding decisions jeopardize discovery, health, and the economy… and demand a timely, effective response.

The inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?