When I walk into the main office of a power plant, it’s always on the main TV screen, along with heat rate, load, and other critical numbers. I’m talking about condenser backpressure. Every power ...

Meghana Keshavan covers biotech and contributes to The Readout newsletter. Imagine Google Earth, but for a human cell. Zoom in closely enough, and instead of streets and buildings, there are proteins ...

A new nanostructured carbon design lets fuel-cell catalysts use tiny amounts of platinum while remaining remarkably stable and efficient. The breakthrough could help hydrogen fuel cells become a more ...

The rapid development of data centers around the country is placing much stress on power generation requirements and the transmission grid. Combined cycle power plants continue to be selected for ...

Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin, Texas, to a growing list of more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've made the first synthetic cell that can complete a life cycle, a major breakthrough that could lead to innovation in the medicine and engineering ...

While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...

For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life. The lab-made synthetic cell ...

For many students, asking ChatGPT for homework help has replaced raising a hand in class or going to office hours. As AI becomes a default classroom tutor, educators are grappling with a new question: ...

Lifelike biochemistry continued to unfold in sterilized soil for six years, pointing to a metabolic theory for how biology began. For 15 years, Sébastien Fontaine has been trying to kill dirt. The ...

and Onyeka Obiocha, Director, Accelerator Program, Global Greenchem Innovation and Network Program What do shrimp probiotics, phosphate-free laundry detergent, and adhesives from recycled leather ...