Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, we asked scientists, scholars, researchers, and doctors ...

Assistant Professor Konrad Meister from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has made the shortlist for Science Breakthrough of the Year 2026, presented by the Falling Walls Science Summit.

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, the development of antibiotics—and a research team including faculty at ...

This report identifies innovative, emerging scientific advances for making the U.S. food and agricultural system more efficient, resilient, and sustainable. This report explores the availability of ...

A century ago, the idea of humans walking on the Moon or editing genes would have sounded like fantasy. In 2025, science pushed past disbelief again — not with distant promises, but with real-world ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have changed our world for the better. Advances in medicine have allowed for ...

It was a tough year for science in the US. Thousands of research grants, including more than 3,800 from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation alone, were frozen or ...

New research suggests that the most formidable barrier to commercializing nanotechnology is not the science itself, but rather the way organizations manage the innovation process. While nanotechnology ...

The Chicago research center asks Super Agers to consider donating their brains so local researchers can continue to delve into how they stay healthy. The center also studies people with primary ...