Every year, AIP awards physical scientists for their leadership and excellence. In recognition of women in the physical sciences, here are the women that AIP honored in 2025 for their contributions to ...

Figuring out which bacteria or other nutrients your gut needs may one day be as simple as running detailed computer simulations. From pills to yogurts to sodas, probiotics are being repackaged and ...

Computational science is a discipline concerned with the design, implementation and use of mathematical models to analyse and solve scientific problems. Typically, the term refers to the use of ...

Astrophysicist Katy Clough uses supercomputers to simulate conditions at the start of the universe and other strong gravity regimes, such as around black holes, testing the limits of general ...

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Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts ...

A new set of simulations led by Michigan State University graduate student Jackson Barnes argues that the snowman look can emerge from a basic process: gravitational collapse. The work is published in ...

Welcome to the Earth Squad! Complete the missions set by the Squad Captains. You’ll need to use your knowledge of the living world as you answer questions about plants, animals and the human body. Get ...

March 20, 2026 • A multi-year megadrought in the Western U.S. has claimed untold populations of wild plants. Amid the conditions, some have survived. Scientists have produced a stunningly complete ...

Experimental composer Holly Herndon says this technology isn’t here to replace artists—and that the future of creativity belongs to collective intelligence ...

Mar. 21, 2026 A new pill, enlicitide, reduced LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by about 60% in a large clinical trial, matching the power of injectable therapies. Because it’s taken orally, it could overcome ...