For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

A tiny elementary particle called the muon has won a big prize: the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Researchers with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory—which is affiliated with the ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. This is ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete. The ...

ADELPHI, Md. — Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory harnessed bottom-up Soldier innovation for an experimental 3D-printed small ...

Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at the final stages of development. Unlike traditional methods that rely on ...

OpenAI’s GPT can summarize research papers and make predictions—but can it do science? Can it generate hypotheses, design experiments, interpret results and iterate? Last summer researchers at OpenAI ...

CHEYENNE — Wyoming students will now be able to experiment with the various facets of state government in the newly opened Civics Lab at the state Capitol. Tuesday morning, the Capitol Square Exhibit ...

Gabriel Gomes believes the future of chemistry is as much about flasks and fume hoods as it is about code. A chemical engineer at Carnegie Mellon University, Gomes works at the intersection of ...

In the span of less than a decade, lab-grown diamonds (LGD) have transitioned from a niche alternative and industrial stone (which was mostly used for industrial purposes) to one of the most ...

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