Engineering

When the roads get crowded, many drivers start changing lanes. Mathematics suggests this intuition is typically wrong

An ancient sample shows calcite threading through this material’s cracks and pores, offering possible lessons for making modern concrete last longer

Of the more than 624,000 highway bridges in the U.S., an estimated 220,000 need repairs. Quantum sensors could help engineers better safeguard these vital pieces of infrastructure

These radical new devices keep time using fluctuations in the energy states of an atom’s nucleus, rather than those of its electrons, which atomic clocks currently use to define the length of a second

Making catalysts used in industrial processes hardier and more effective

Inventing better materials to improve solar energy

Building models of the human brain to better understand disease

Improving brain-machine interfaces to make them more resilient

The M.I.T. professor and expert on innovation on why science is worth celebrating

The energy entrepreneur talks about the state of science innovation in the U.S.

The Science Corporation CEO and Neuralink co-founder on how artificial intelligence is the new industrial revolution

The Internet pioneer talks about tenure and publications and shares what needs to change for U.S. science to forge ahead