Science Matters

In the face of growing global competition across various high-tech sectors, U.S. investments in fields like artificial intelligence have never been more crucial.

In summer 2012, a team from Arizona State University embarked on a unique training program to learn if their advances in haptics technology — a technology that simulates the senses of touch and motion…

1. Do your homework One of the keys to your success is to read the entire program solicitation.

This weekend a global audience will — virtually — see the long delayed 2020 Summer Olympics finally get underway in Tokyo.

Is an output of your science and engineering research ready to be “translated” into a product, service or application?…

Trace elements are rare but can be incredibly important. Some, such as iron, are micronutrients — similar to vitamins, they are needed only in very small amounts but are essential.

It starts with a spark. A STEM spark.

Whether you’re rejoicing with a loved one whose cancer is in remission or just binge-watching another superhero show on your TV, you’re reaping the benefits of inventions: the transistor, the internet…

A seafloor mapping team was cruising off California's Pacific Coast in 2009 when the unthinkable happened: A great blue whale surfaced directly under their research vessel.

A colorful character has become the mascot for a research program studying the impact of climate change on the economically important lobster fisheries of Maine.