They handled the secure transport of nuclear materials — dangerous, demanding work that requires rigorous training. Four of them took the Trump administration’s offer of a buyout and left the National Nuclear Security Administration. A half-dozen staff members left a unit in the agency that builds reactors for nuclear submarines. And a biochemist and engineer…
People attend a Stand up for Science rally in Liberty Plaza near the Georgia State capitol on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo) As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was the inspiration that led to his role studying brain processes…
Italian researchers have pulled off a sci-fi-worthy stunt—freezing light. No, they didn’t trap it in an ice cube, but they did get it to behave in a way never seen before. Their work, published in Nature, proves that light can exist in a bizarre state of matter known as a supersolid—something that’s both solid and…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. Scientists in Australia have identified what they believe to be the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, a finding that could reshape understanding of Earth’s history and the origins of life. The crater, discovered in the remote North Pole dome region in northwestern Australia, is…
On Feb. 8, Colette Delawalla, a graduate student in psychology at Emory University, nervously announced to the online world that she was planning a national protest in defense of science. “I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world,” she wrote in a post on Bluesky,…
A US biotech company aiming to revive extinct species, successfully edited genes in mouse embryo to give it thick, woolly hair, advancing a step towards creating a mammoth-like elephant.Colossal Biosciences, which first announced its ambitious plans in 2021 to bring back the woolly mammoth and later the dodo, claimed that its work could contribute to…
This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. (Picture credit: DALL-E) A new bat coronavirus with the potential for animal-to-human transmission has been discovered by a team of Chinese researchers, raising concerns about possible future spillover events. The virus, named HKU5-CoV-2, was found to use the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
The Covid-19 vaccines were powerfully protective, preventing millions of deaths. But in a small number of people, the shots may have led to a constellation of side effects that includes fatigue, exercise intolerance, brain fog, tinnitus and dizziness, together referred to as “post-vaccination syndrome,” according to a small new study. Some people with this syndrome…
The notices came all weekend, landing in the inboxes of federal scientists, doctors and public health professionals: Your work is no longer needed. At the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, an estimated 1,200 employees — including promising young investigators slated for larger roles — have been dismissed. At the Centers…
At the annual gathering in Boston this week of one of America’s oldest scientific societies, the discussions touched on threats to humankind: runaway artificial intelligence, toxic “forever chemicals,” the eventual end of the universe. But the most urgent threats for many scientists were the ones aimed at them, as the Trump administration slashes the federal…