Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes.

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Louis E. Brus, a chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered quantum dots, tiny crystals that emit various colors of light ...

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TikTok will officially remain in the U.S. for the foreseeable future. A new, majority U.S.-owned company had been established ...

A bold new era in astronomy is on the horizon. By 2029, Schmidt Sciences, the philanthropic foundation founded by former ...

2025 marked the first official year of our newest citizen science effort, Satellite Surveillance, which delivered major ...

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative has launched the Aurora Research Grants, a new project designed to shine a light on the ...