At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

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The hydrogen molecule H 2 is the simplest stable molecule, with two protons and two electrons bound together. Scientists have studied it for more than a century because it’s small enough that theory ...

American Airlines quietly ended the ability for customers traveling on basic economy tickets to earn miles and status. Basic economy tickets are airlines' most restrictive and already do not allow for ...

If you want to know what’s causing climate change and how it affects where you live, don’t turn to the Environmental Protection Agency for answers. The government agency purged basic facts about ...

Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty? In recent years, scientists have proposed a few contenders for a sixth taste that ...

The radical dismantling of government-funded basic research will accelerate the deterioration of universities’ beneficent implementation of the scientific method — the greatest accomplishment of ...

A collage with photos of Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi in front of the Nobel prize medal. The Nobel prize in chemistry went to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi for ...

Winning scientists based in US, Australia and Japan Research created materials that can store large amount of gas in tiny volume Applications could include tackling climate change or lack of fresh ...

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As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...

On the occasion of the retirement of Dr. Arthur Levine from the University of Pittsburgh, we asked him about his career and what he sees ahead for Pitt and UPMC. For the second half of the 31 years he ...