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About the author: Mark A. Jamison is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the director and Gunter ...

Moving, storing, and managing electric power is a major logistical challenge, but a new concrete-based battery could help mitigate those issues.

There is no need for nuclear tests. The United States has a sophisticated testing system that doesn’t require setting off explosions, and when it comes to deterrence, nobody in the world assumes that ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered an astonishingly rich mix of molecules in a region of space known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1 (TMC-1). This dark, cold cloud of gas—where sun-like stars are ...

As with many things Trump, the administrations "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" provoked accusations of authoritarian takeover of vital American institutions. And, as with many ...

As colleges begin reporting their endowments' performance for FY 2025, the early news finds many nationally prominent institutions posting double-digit investment gains.

MIT researchers have discovered secret atomic structures that survive metal processing, reshaping how scientists understand alloys and manufacturing.

New MIT research reveals sleep deprivation causes brain fluid waves to intrude into wakefulness, leading to attention lapses. This \"brain cleaning\" p ...

When metal alloys are processed during manufacturing, the atoms of the combined elements are mixed together at random, ...