It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...

Google’s Stitch lets you build app UIs from simple prompts, speeding up design fast, but it could also lead to generic, ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new computational method that could accelerate the search for next-generation materials capable of turning sunlight into useful chemical energy. The work focuses ...

New work could help design electronic devices in which heat can be guided in certain directions, minimizing heat loss ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

Taking Tanzania as an example, this paper systematically analyzes the current situation and challenges of primary school science education in Africa through questionnaires and interviews. The study ...

At a potluck, you ate the best chocolate chip cookie—golden-brown, thick and chewy. Unfortunately, you don't know who made the cookie to get the recipe from, so you decide to recreate it. Using ...

Carbon forms the graphite in pencils, the diamonds in jewelry and the molecules that make up every living thing. But under extreme conditions—like the heat and pressure of intense explosions—carbon ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Protein design (or protein engineering) is a technique by which proteins with enhanced or novel functional properties are created. Proteins can be engineered by rational design, which typically uses ...