A small but growing group of scientists and researchers is exploring ocean-based carbon geoengineering, which involves adding chemicals to make oceans less acidic. These largely untested experimental ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike.

Volunteers with NASA’s citizen science projects have tested chili pepper plant varieties to grow in space, monitored active ...

A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

A decades-old superconducting mystery just took a surprising turn. Strontium ruthenate, a material that conducts electricity with zero resistance at low temperatures, has long puzzled scientists with ...