
Alternative Fusion Technologies Heat Up
Start-ups in fusion-energy research are fueled by venture capital and a lot of hope
Start-ups in fusion-energy research are fueled by venture capital and a lot of hope
Proposals for two particle accelerators could see the country aim to become the collider capital of the world
A misalignment in data between satellites went undetected for years before being addressed
The news comes on the same day as a $650-million donation to expand psychiatric research
The giant "G2" cloud at the center of the Milky Way could be falling in a continuous stream, thereby inhibiting the spectacle that astronomers hoped for
Patients' virus levels became undetectable after a bone-marrow therapy with stem cells
Downward pressure and erosion combine to create the celebrated rock formations
A new arachnid family tree suggests that many spider species evolved away from web-weaving
The research community mourns the killing of Joep Lange, who was among the passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine
A top antiviral-therapy researcher, Joep Lange, was among the more than 100 researchers and advocates killed en route to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia
The lab has set up a fund for "extras," such as educational, tech-transfer and arts activities
Double-blind peer review could level the playing field a bit more for women and minorities in science
A biological clock choreographs the plants' daily pursuit of sunlight
Implants to restore brain function lost to injury and disease win support from a defense agency
Cosmic dust is crucial to the birth of stars and planets, but how so much of it came to be present in the young universe has been a mystery
Firms are fighting with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Supreme Court for the right to patent natural products and processes
Sixty-year-old ampoule contains smallpox DNA, and it is unclear whether the virus is viable.
Science's new policy follows efforts by other journals to bolster standards of data analysis
Better detection by the brain could explain why low-pitched notes carry the beat across musical cultures
High-profile reports claiming an easy way to create pluripotent cells were flawed.
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