A paper appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a strikingly simple answer to a longstanding ...

Tsukuba, Japan－Automation of life-science experiments through robots and computers is attracting attention worldwide in various fields, and the advancement of such automation may lead to improved ...

When things are going wrong and work feels chaotic, it seems obvious that the team or company needs to try something new. But committing to a new direction during times of change can feel overwhelming ...

On a physical level, a transistor’s internal functioning is very complex, but, in practice, using it in some simple experiments is quite easy and affordable for everyone. A transistor allows to create ...

We tend not to dwell on the fact that we exist in three dimensions. Forwards-back, left-right, up-down; these are the axes on which we navigate the world. When we try to imagine something else, it ...

Apparently, fun at work is great... until accounting finds out about it.

Have you ever felt stuck in the endless cycle of setting ambitious goals, only to abandon them a few weeks later? You’re not alone. Many of us have experienced the frustration of rigid plans that feel ...

Osaka, Japan — Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular earthquakes where we sometimes feel catastrophic vibration (Fig. 1).

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Conventional wisdom has it that putting the ...

THE careful instructions for the eighty-five experiments contained in this little book, together with the useful hints for the construction of apparatus, should serve very well to introduce young ...

In a world dominated by tablets and smartphones, finding engaging screen-free activities for children can seem challenging. However, simple and cost-effective solutions exist that can keep young minds ...