The Majorana 1 quantum computer was hailed as a significant breakthrough by Microsoft, but critics say the company has yet to ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

The radical dismantling of government-funded basic research will accelerate the deterioration of universities’ beneficent implementation of the scientific method — the greatest accomplishment of ...

As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...

Virginia Gewin is a freelance reporter in Portland, Oregon. Amid a backdrop of massive cuts in US federal support for scientific research, a new effort — the Science Foundation — launched last week to ...

The movement of protons through electrically charged water is one of the most fundamental processes in chemistry. It is evident in everything from eyesight to energy storage to rocket fuel — and ...

America is awesome at science. For as long as most of us have been alive, United States scientists have published more research, been cited more often by other scientists, earned more patents, and ...

The humble inventions that power our modern world wouldn’t have been possible without decades of support for early-stage research. In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone ...

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...

The Federal Ministry of Education has reaffirmed that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) in Nigeria remains 10 years. This clarification followed a report published by ...

A new policy document on Non-State Schools launched by the Federal Ministry of Education last week has pegged the entry age for pupils seeking admission into Junior Secondary Schools after completing ...

The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked reports that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) has been raised to 12 years. In a statement released on Friday in Abuja ...