Turing Award winners Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett pioneered ideas that are now foundational to quantum computers and ...

The database of 200 million protein-structure predictions now includes homodimers, adding new biological relevance.

Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

Warning systems can engage people on a personal level — if they are built in a way that bridges technology and social science.

Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...

One pill for obesity is already on the market, and more are on the way. But the injected drugs have key advantages.

It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...

US biomedical funding behemoth says the approach will boost innovation, but some researchers worry that understudied areas of science will suffer.

As artificial intelligence begins to mimic consciousness with uncanny skill, we need design norms and laws that prevent it from being mistaken for sentient beings.

Antibiotic use has been linked to changes in the gut’s bacterial species that can last for four to eight years 1. The gut ...

The new five-year plan calls for more original scientific research to facilitate the country's bid for self-reliance.

The soaring cost and limited supply of computer memory is slowing some projects — and spurring creative approaches.