Studies published in prestigious academic journals receive more attention from scholars and media outlets, shaping public ...

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Results from a massive research project investigating whether previously reported scientific results can be replicated raises questions about their reliability. A major, new examination of the ...

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Two new proposed NASA Earth science missions will attempt to address key research topics while leveraging both commercial and exploration capabilities. During NASA’s “Ignition” event March 24, the ...

Nature is always performing chemistry experiments, and in the dark and sticky corners of its forests and jungles, it creates compounds that have hyper-specific effects on the human mind. In China’s ...

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is celebrating the successful conclusion of a research marathon on Japan’s Large Helical Device (LHD). Since it began ...

Some of Britian's biggest labs face cuts even though government science spending is at record levels.

Researchers experimentally confirm their 2021 hypothesis that electron-phonon coupling, not electron-electron interactions, explains why some metallic oxides are transparent. (Nanowerk News) ...

At dawn in late January 1998, two men entered the home of Betty Black in Farmers Branch, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. They killed her in an apparent burglary gone wrong. A few hours later, an eyewitness ...

A hands-on look at common myths tested through simple science experiments, showing what is true and what is not.