In recent years, the hype around generative AI tools and agentic AI has convinced many leaders to invest big and jump headfirst into the latest advances of the technology without necessarily considering the big picture.
Now that projects are…

In recent years, the hype around generative AI tools and agentic AI has convinced many leaders to invest big and jump headfirst into the latest advances of the technology without necessarily considering the big picture.
Now that projects are…

Handprints and footprints pressed into stone on the Tibetan Plateau may represent the oldest known artistic expression, dating back between 169,000 and 226,000 years. Discovered near Quesang village, about 80 kilometers northwest of Lhasa,…

When Apollo 13 suffered a catastrophic failure more than 200,000 miles from Earth, NASA engineers had to innovate within absolute constraints. Every decision balanced creativity with hard physical limits.
Today’s enterprises face a different…

In heterogeneous catalysis, calculations require complicated computational processes due to the variability of reaction pathways and possibilities. Now, thanks to a clever combination of programming and machine learning, researchers have achieved…


Following the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, lateral flow assays (LFAs)—the category of test strips in which the presence or lack of a pink line indicates whether a specific molecule, like a drug or a virus, has been detected—became…

NASA’s plans for a Moon base have been capturing headlines lately — but today it’s putting…

NASA has released new Hubble telescope images of the Crab Nebula — taken 25…

The US–Israeli conflict with Iran has created a crisis in supplies of fossil-derived oil and polymer feedstocks. Production and shipping through the strait of Hormuz has slowed to a trickle, affecting petrochemical and polymer producers…