Issues

Placed between two mirrors, an atom interferometer gains potency and precision.

A short, single-stranded nucleic acid chain attached to the tip of an atomic force microscope can locate its complement with high resolution and specificity.

An analysis of their orbits and masses indicates that the pair is a plausible supernova progenitor.

Reduced running times have scientists worried about their experiments, from student theses to international collaborations.

Prominent US scientists and engineers have been reaching out to strengthen ties and assist their colleagues in developing nations.

The boon to the state’s education and economy will be amplified if the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility is realized.

The Department of Energy and NSF would get healthy increases while basic research programs at the Department of Defense and NASA would see reductions.

Modern transmission electron microscopes can image individual atoms and molecules. But to unlock new science, the next generation of instruments must look beyond just higher spatial resolution.

Thanks to advances in three-dimensional imaging, researchers are on the verge of understanding why certain synthetic materials adhere to bone and others don’t.

The heaviest of nature’s elementary particles plays an outsized role in many fundamental processes. But because the top quark is so massive, it eluded experimental detection for nearly two decades.

Larvae of parasitic Maculinea butterflies use acoustic mimicry to induce host ants to adopt and care for them.