Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...

But achieving commercial success will depend on making perovskites less fragile. In October 2025, just as Dr McGehee and his team were hitting their stride, Donald Trump’s administration abruptly ...

Jan. 31, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Americans are proud of their country’s science prowess: a majority believe it is important for the U.S. to be a world leader in science, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest report on trust ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on scientists and scientific research. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...

The coming year could prove as unpredictable — and consequential — for US science as 2025 was. Although the US Congress sets the budget for science spending, the Trump administration has “aggressively ...

BATON ROUGE, La.—For the second year in a row, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH Diet, developed in part by scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has been recognized ...

Researchers found that U.S. metal mines already contain large amounts of critical minerals that are mostly going unused. Recovering even a small fraction of these byproducts could sharply reduce ...

Researchers have created a new kind of 3D computer chip that stacks memory and computing elements vertically, dramatically speeding up how data moves inside the chip. Unlike traditional flat designs, ...

For the last 20 years, Bruce Appelgate has helped send America’s scientists out to sea. From a port in San Diego, the academic maritime expert oversees more than a dozen federal and university ...

Kenneth Evans receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the American Institute of Physics, and the Clinton Foundation. He is affiliated with Rice University's Baker Institute for Public ...

A complement to NSF TIP’s investments in regional innovation ecosystems, this three-year initiative supports regional coalitions poised for research-driven economic growth. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE) ...