Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to ...

Virtual screening methods fall broadly into two categories: ligand- and structure-based. Ligand-based virtual screening doesn’t require a target protein structure, Instead, it leverages known active ...

Can artificial intelligence function as a partner in scientific discovery, capable of generating novel, testable hypotheses ...

Long before Delhi’s artificial rainfall project, Dr S.K. Banerji created rain over Jadavpur using hydrogen balloons and silver iodide in 1952 ...

Within a modest engineering laboratory at Duke University, a new type of researcher is quietly at work next to an optical ...

Existing oncology therapeutics are either so specific they can target only part of a tumor, or so generalized they kill healthy tissue.

Recent scientific breakthroughs have transformed the once-dismissed non-coding DNA, or “junk DNA,” into a targeted weapon ...

Microsoft Azure has been experiencing a global outage since around 1600 UTC, or 0900 PDT on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. As Azure staggers back to its feet following an hours-long outage last night, ...

Quantitative research often feels like the most structured side of inquiry. It deals with numbers, measurement, and ...

The national capital’s dry, stagnant winter air makes artificial rain largely ineffective; sustained emission cuts the only real solution, scientists say ...

Scientists are exploring shiitake mushrooms for advanced computing. These fungi can act as bioelectronic components, ...

A faint blue dot, suspended between metal electrodes, captured imaginations around the world—and reminded us how far experimental physics has come. In Oxford, a lone ...