Science often advances in small steps, with researchers gradually building on previous discoveries. But every now and then, a breakthrough comes along that challenges conventional thinking and changes ...

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners were announced Saturday (April 18) as the red carpet opened at the annual gala in Los Angeles, a globally broadcast ceremony often dubbed the "Oscars of Science," ...

Co-hosted by BioHouston and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, the forum, held at Rice University’s ...

Dark matter and dark energy account for 95% of the cosmos, meaning science is based on only 5% of what's real, deepening the universe's mystery.

It also carries a warning for Congress: Medical breakthroughs depend not only on how much the nation invests, but on whether ...

Some scientific breakthroughs are easy to miss because they don’t come with a dramatic photograph or a rocket launch.

Most successful scientists are optimists. They have to be, since the vast majority of experiments fail. In graduate school, I remember sitting in the lab at Rockefeller University in New York at 3 a.m ...

At a recent conference in Singapore, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew shared his vision for the future of artificial intelligence and its role in scientific discovery. He believes the technology is moving fast ...

OpenAI’s announcement is the latest in a series of claimed scientific breakthroughs credited to AI.

History shows that breakthroughs are often sparked by innovative instruments, and AI’s ability to help design them might be its most important scientific contribution. The Engine of Scientific ...

This report identifies innovative, emerging scientific advances for making the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. This report explores the availability of ...