Measuring the results of scientific research has seen little federal focus until now. Is it possible to create such a system? What would be the inputs, outputs and structure of the system? What ...

In a new paper for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we, alongside colleagues from a diverse range of fields, investigate the prevalence and extent of censorship and self-censorship ...

Measuring the 'wettability' of graphene and other 2D materials. Microscopic understanding of wettability can be achieved at the molecular level using 'vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy ...

Simply sign up to the Science myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Caesium is a soft, silvery-gold metal that becomes liquid when stored in a warm room. It is mostly found in mineral ...

Research into graphene—a sheet of carbon a single atom thick—has yielded measurements of the intrinsic strength of the material, showing that graphene is the strongest material ever encountered.

To really understand neutrons, physicists may have to take to space. When outside the confines of an atomic nucleus, a neutron decays into other particles in about 15 minutes on average. But exactly ...

Although most modern organisations possess extensive data, a subtler challenge persists: a lack of understanding regarding ...