Failure is a necessity in scientific research. In my field of particle physics, breakthroughs are often measured in decades.

Researchers at OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks showed that an AI model working with an autonomous lab can design and iterate real ...

In 1950, the United States government decided that it would henceforth be the primary funder of university research, in the ...

In manufacturing, some factories use so few humans that operators can turn out the lights and save money on electricity. In ...

Microbes too tiny for the eye to see are at the center of a big project in the Tri-Cities, leading the way on the use of artificial intelligence to advance scientific discovery. U.S. Energy Secretary ...

OpenAI and Anthropic have raised tens of billions of dollars on the promise of artificial intelligence that can make new discoveries in fields like medicine, biology and physics. And yet,we’re nowhere ...

Golden apple snails have eyes that are similar to humans’—and they can regenerate an amputated eye in just a month. Scientists uncovered a gene related to that process, laying the groundwork for more ...

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Last week, the US Department of Energy announced 26 'science and technology challenges of national importance' to advance the Genesis Mission, an initiative launched last ...

Startups flush with cash are building AI-assisted laboratories to find materials far faster and more cheaply, but are still waiting for their ChatGPT moment. The microwave-size instrument at Lila ...

Grant supports 37 postdoctoral researchers across three university schools. Rutgers University-New Brunswick has received a ...