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The 1930s prove to be an exceptional decade for research at the General Electric Company. Katharine Burr Blodgett works closely alongside her boss, Irving Langmuir, who…

Mathematicians just made a big leap forward on one of the field’s all-time favorite problems.Curves—squiggly lines through space, such as a comet’s trajectory or a stock…

It is a rollercoaster of emotional extremes that will be familiar to many who have gone through IVF treatment: hope and joy turns to despair and…

Alara Sehitler, Bayern Munich and Germany (19): Sehitler’s transition into Bayern Munich’s first team has come as little surprise and the creative midfielder has established herself…

Scientists have discovered two new subtypes of multiple sclerosis with the aid of artificial intelligence, paving the way for personalised treatments and better outcomes for patients.Millions…

December 9, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmBreakthrough in Digital Screens Takes Color Resolution to Incredibly Small ScaleThese miniature displays can be the size…

No one could accuse Demis Hassabis of dreaming small.In 2016, the company he co-founded, DeepMind, shocked the world when an artificial intelligence model it created beat…

Ian Sample joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories from the week. They discuss the complicated legacy of James Watson, who…

October 28, 20252 min readThis New Shape Breaks an ‘Unbreakable’ 3D Geometry RuleThe noperthedron has a surprising property—which disproves a long-standing conjectureBy Emma R. Hasson edited…

Google has claimed a breakthrough in quantum computing after developing an algorithm that performed a task beyond the capabilities of conventional computers.The algorithm, a set of…