Trump cuts threaten a measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devices
Lasers shine as part of an advanced atomic clock at NIST. Precise measurements of the colors of light emitted by atoms are essential to everything…
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Why don’t diving seals drown? Scientists finally have an answer
Trish, a juvenile gray seal, was one of the seals featured in a new study that looks at the mammals’ oxygen-sensing abilities. University of St.…
Speaking into a microphone? Your audio quality can impact the way people view you
Getting on a Zoom call? A new study finds that your audio quality may can positively or negatively affect how others perceive you. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty…
New ‘baby pictures’ of the cosmos show the universe in its infancy
A new half-sky image from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope combines three wavelengths of light to show the Milky Way galaxy in purple and the cosmic…
How land-loving iguanas from North America may have ended up in Fiji
A Fiji Island iguana is seen at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. A new study suggests these iguanas reached the tropical island…
A cell pulls off one of the ‘Holy Grails’ of biotechnology
Members of the research team who helped identify a new cellular structure. (L – R) Tyler Coale, Kendra Turk-Kubo, Jon Zehr, Esther Wing Kwan Mak…
ChatGPT can help write an essay. Scientists want it to start folding laundry
Chelsea Finn (left) and Moo Jin Kim conduct a demonstration with a robot at Stanford University. Moo Jin Kim/Stanford University hide caption toggle caption Moo…
Brilliant young minds honored in prestigious science competition
The top three winners of the Regeneron Science Talent Search: Matteo Paz (center) – First Place; Ava Grace Cummings (left) – Second Place; and Owen…
Does the narwhal’s famous tusk help it catch fish?
Narwhal whales live in social groups called pods and live in the Arctic ocean. Experts disagree on the purpose of males’ tusks. Corey Ford/Getty Images/iStockphoto…