The Schrödinger equation rewrote the rules of matter and forever changed the field of chemistry. Donald Truhlar, a chemist at the University of Minnesota, calls it the “greatest advance of the 20th ...

The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X. By Neal E. Boudette Thirteen years ago, Mike Ramsey, an ...

The big bang wasn’t the start of everything, but it has been impossible to see what came before. Now a new kind of cosmology is lifting the veil on the beginning of time ...

As the Department of Defense pushes for greater AI integration, researchers said the top models chose the nuclear option in ...

A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, ...

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical ...

Aoki Lee Simmons is the embodiment of beauty and brains. The part-time model just earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University at just 20, making her one of the youngest Black women to do so.

Whether a smartphone battery lasts longer or a new drug can be developed to treat incurable diseases depends on how stably ...

Rachel Pizzolato explores The Alamo grounds, bringing history alive while sharing curiosity and engaging travel moments. Trump trade adviser Navarro says administration may force data center builders ...

Here's a timeline of the tensions over Iran's atomic program: 1967 — Iran takes possession of the Tehran Research Reactor ...