Category Science & Discovery

Popular Science started writing about technology more than 150 years ago. There was no such thing as “gadget writing” when we published our first issue in 1872, but if there was, our mission to demystify the world of innovation for everyday…

Actively forming star system Lynds 483 (NIRCam image). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483). Two actively forming stars are responsible…

Microsoft unveiled its ‘Majorana 1’ quantum chip in February.Credit: John Brecher for Microsoft A physicist has cast doubt on a test that underlies a high-profile claim by Microsoft to have created the first ‘topological qubits’, a long-sought goal of the…

Once regarded as a futuristic technology that would be exploited by robots to take over the world, artificial intelligence is rapidly growing in scope and capabilities. Automakers, for one, are putting it to use to create advanced concepts and production…

To determine which molecular tools the sulfate-reducing bacteria use, the researchers analyzed the entire set of proteins present, known as the proteome. In total, they looked at the results of 80 different test conditions. Each time, they seperated the protein…

Washington DC. Boston, Massachusetts. Denver, Colorado. Trenton, New Jersey Thousands of researchers and supporters of science protested in cities across the United States and Europe today against actions taken by the administration of US President Donald Trump to cut the…

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most provocative prehistoric human skeletons ever discovered. But the results of this study published March 7 in the journal Science Advances aren’t…

Scanning electron microscopy images of fibers from engineered spider silk. To validate their computational findings, the Northwestern team used spectroscopy techniques to examine how the protein chains stretched and aligned in real fibers from engineered spider silk. Credit: Washington University…

Researchers who get their start in small groups are more likely to stick with academia than those trained in large groups, analysis shows. Credit: Daniel Munoz/AFP/Getty Postdoctoral students, graduate students and other junior scientists in large research groups are more…

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