Most Americans say they trust scientists to act in the public’s best interests, though confidence is lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

For years, physicists have mapped the stability of atomic nuclei with remarkable confidence. The periodic table, with its ...

The outlook has brightened for federal science budgets, but political appointees are likely to have a big say in how that ...

Known as “islands of inversion,” these regions are found among a sea of normal nuclei. Now, a new island may have been ...

Machine learning is revolutionizing fundamental science by tackling long-standing mathematical challenges. A key example is ...