In 1994, after he had completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, ...

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The Department of Commerce’s new scientific-integrity policy retains references to objectivity, transparency, and scientific ...

Is there anything you’d like to add? Traveling so much has been very tough for raising a family. Pilots bid for trips and ...

Science’s endless frontier is a changing frontier. It requires a dynamic approach to governance, collaboration, and ...

This image shows a faint nebula surrounding a star in the northern constellation Cygnus. Created by amateur Peter Goodhew, it ...

See also the upcoming interview with Jennifer’s pilot husband, Matthew Inman.

On 1 November 1929, Marie Curie spent her evening at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In her only public appearance in the city, she was scheduled as the guest of honor to address the third annual dinner ...

In 1794 the London printer J. Cooper published an essay by a woman writing under the name Mrs. Fulhame. Elizabeth Fulhame’s An Essay on Combustion, with a view to a new art of dy[e]ing and painting: ...

The angstrom-scale hexagonal voids in a sheet of graphene resemble the holes in chicken wire. But despite the material’s appearance, studies have shown that defect-free graphene is nearly impermeable.

In the August issue of Physics Today, climate scientists Toby Ault and Scott St. George share a pair of startling research findings. Between roughly 800 and 1500 CE, the American West suffered a ...

Vodka for sale at a liquor store. Great thinkers in science often become associated with myths about their work and discoveries. Take Isaac Newton. The average person might not be able to recall his ...