Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner ...

Can India overcome years of delays to finally send its own spacecraft astronauts into orbit? That depends on crucial launches ...

As the Gotion project falters and funding shifts, FSU programing is moving in another direction. In 2023, FSU was awarded ...

Like Ghaskadbi, many researchers can trace their initial childhood interest in science to a gift. Dozens of readers of the Nature Briefing responded to our call asking about their favourite presents — ...

Canada will invest about $1.7 billion ($1.2 billion in U.S. dollars) in four programs meant to attract a thousand leading ...

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

In the hills of Provence, France, one of the most ambitious science experiments in human history is entering a pivotal stage.

Let’s start with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF)—arguably the largest, most ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired ...