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A mathematical technique exploits the natural fluctuations in the light-induced ultrasound emitted by flowing red blood cells.

The demonstration of subnanosecond bit-writing times clears a key hurdle for the next-generation computing candidate.

With a train of ultrashort light pulses, researchers disentangle energetically similar photoionization channels—and solve a seven-year-old puzzle.

In probing the life-supporting critical zone, researchers hope to protect it for future generations.

A public–private partnership may portend a trend toward computerized screening of compounds to develop personalized therapies.

The rapid neutron-capture process needed to build up many of the elements heavier than iron seems to take place primarily in neutron-star mergers, not supernova explosions.

Research reveals that labs are more effective when their goal is to teach experimental practices rather than to reinforce classroom instruction.

The Scottish mathematician and writer shaped the way we think about science and carved a place for herself in the intellectual world of the 19th century.

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

From Photon to Neuron: Light, Imaging, Vision by Philip Nelson

Can the Laws of Physics Be Unified? by Paul Langacker

Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies by Geoffrey West

Delicious, flaky croissants owe their wonderful texture to the complex, multiscale structure of butter or related fats.