Measuring the results of scientific research has seen little federal focus until now. Is it possible to create such a system? What would be the inputs, outputs and structure of the system? What ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe explains how to measure the future using nanoscale metrology and discusses the global competition ...

NASA’s Earth Observing System provides nearly 30 years of continuous, high-quality measurements of Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere, and ice, supporting climate research and long-term environmental ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

In a new paper for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we, alongside colleagues from a diverse range of fields, investigate the prevalence and extent of censorship and self-censorship ...

Where lies the land to which the ship would go? Far, far, ahead is all her seamen know. —Arthur Hugh Clough Astronauts heading for some distant planet may not be quite as ignorant as Clough’s seamen.

Simply sign up to the Science myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Caesium is a soft, silvery-gold metal that becomes liquid when stored in a warm room. It is mostly found in mineral ...

Most people alive today who are not in science or medicine will not be able to quickly recall just ten biologists or ten chemists and their discoveries. Most of them can have a happy life without that ...