The Energy Department has a dual mission with a heavy science focus and manages large, expensive programs, many of which are behind schedule and over budget.

Professor Evan Lieberman describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations.

Scientific R&D drives economic competitiveness, military technology and national security. Governments are trying to balance research security with protecting the openness that makes science work.

Researchers have applied AI to every step of the drug development process. But this might not be enough to design safe and effective drugs.

There is a rise in heterosexual prospective parents having a child outside a romantic relationship.

With models like AlphaFold3 limited to academic research, the team built an equivalent alternative, to encourage innovation more broadly.

Using high-powered lasers, this new method could help biologists study the body’s immune responses and develop new medicines.

Chronic diseases like diabetes are prevalent, costly, and challenging to treat. A common denominator driving them may be a promising new therapeutic target.

A well-known book or episode can provide comfort in a world full of strange new things.

The Supreme Court will consider how far outward federal agencies should look when they analyze how a proposed action could affect the environment.