White House Office of Science and Technology Policy provides in-house science advice for the president

Headed by the president’s science adviser, OSTP serves as a one-stop shop for everything science and innovation inside the White House.

Kenneth Evans, Scholar in Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University • conversation
Jan. 16, 2025 ~11 min

European and Japanese Spacecraft Examines Mercury’s Pole

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 15, 2025 ~3 min


AI Tools Drive Many New Products at the CES 2025 Electronics Show

VOA Learning English • voa
Jan. 15, 2025 ~7 min

Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight against misinformation and hate speech

Content moderation is a thorny issue, often pitting safety against free speech. But does it even work, and which approach is best?

Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University • conversation
Jan. 15, 2025 ~7 min

Fast control methods enable record-setting fidelity in superconducting qubit

The advance holds the promise to reduce error-correction resource overhead.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
Jan. 14, 2025 ~10 min

New computational chemistry techniques accelerate the prediction of molecules and materials

With their recently-developed neural network architecture, MIT researchers can wring more information out of electronic structure calculations.

Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering • mit
Jan. 14, 2025 ~9 min

Chornobyl dogs aren’t different because of mutation

"Studying companion animals like these dogs offers a window into the kinds of adverse health risks that people may face."

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Jan. 14, 2025 ~7 min

The UK government wants to unleash AI’s huge potential. While welcome, we need to carefully consider the risks

There are safety and privacy implications to the government’s announcement.

Andrew Rogoyski, Innovation Director - Surrey Institute of People-Centred AI, University of Surrey • conversation
Jan. 14, 2025 ~7 min


AI could help stop train wrecks

A new way to use artificial intelligence and guided ultrasonic waves for detecting faults in switch rails could help prevent train accidents.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
Jan. 13, 2025 ~4 min

We’re getting closer to having practical quantum computers – here’s what they will be used for

Quantum computers can explore every possible solution to a problem at the same time.

Domenico Vicinanza, Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems and Data Science, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Jan. 13, 2025 ~8 min

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