Author: Scientific American

Clocking the electrical messages between neurons using fluorescence

Despite funding woes, American scientists are finding reasons for optimism

Explaining how climate change affects ecological diversity and human health

Scientists are seen as oddballs, and that’s a problem

Making catalysts used in industrial processes hardier and more effective

Creating artificial-intelligence tools for cancer detection

The federal funding system for scientific research in the U.S. is crumbling. Here’s how it can be rebuilt

Robots and AI are running experiments around the clock, from battery chemistry to cancer therapies. But can they be trusted to get it right?

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn

Scientific American used expert recommendations and data analysis to identify 28 exceptional early-career researchers