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Among the nine recipients of the ICBS Medal awarded at the 2026 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS), four are women: Claire Voisin, Andrea J. Liu, Bao Zhenan, and Zhuang Xiaowei. Shing-Tung ...

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At just 14, Akshath Anand has created a wearable device that could help hospitals detect IV leaks before they cause harm. The ...

Since the 2000s, our light exposure has changed drastically as we make our buildings more energy-efficient. Now, we’re ...

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During a visit to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1950, Enrico Fermi, one of the architects of the Manhattan Project, was having lunch with other physicists when the conversation turned to ...

Léon Foucault conducted a groundbreaking experiment that visually confirmed the rotation of the Earth. By observing a ...