Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional ...

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

A new synthesis of seismic research shows that artificial intelligence, when combined with physical principles, is rapidly ...

Road networks are critical public assets that must be monitored, modeled, and maintained with rigor and efficiency. As agencies face heavier traffic, ...

India's semiconductor ambitions face a critical challenge: scaling production without straining the power grid. Digital twins, AI-powered models of physical assets, offer a solution by optimizing ...

Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further. Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new ...

In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three-dimensional ...