The world's longest-running lab experiment is an ongoing work in sheer scientific patience. It has been running continuously ...

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

The experiment began in 1927 at the University of Queensland in Australia, when physicist Thomas Parnell set out to prove a simple point: materials that appear solid can, in fact, be fluids.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. A field experiment is a research method that uses ...

A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research — known as “gain of function” — was to better ...

Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research. They recreated 50 experiments, the type of preliminary research ...

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Science is coming to life as Mad Science visits to perform a live experiment and highlight how its programs are helping ...