Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Physicists at Princeton, Harvard and MIT have made a major breakthrough in the study of quantum computing by successfully ...

The 2023-2024 rankings have updated information for computer science, math, physics and chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. All have top-10 ranked specialties, as well as top-ranked ...

The award, recognizing early-career faculty, will support research in computer science and physics. William Gilpin, Daehyeok Kim, and Edoardo Baldini won NSF CAREER awards. Three faculty members from ...

The response rate for the doctoral science programs surveyed in fall 2025 and early 2026 were as follows: biological sciences, 5.8%; biostatistics, 49%; chemistry, 24.2%; computer science, 31.6%; ...

Quantum Science and Engineering is the study and application of the principles of quantum mechanics (such as superposition and entanglement) to develop new technologies that surpass the limits of ...

Maintenance of the software that’s used for the hardest physics calculations rests almost entirely with a retiree. The situation reveals the problematic incentive structure of academia. Recently, I ...

On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has invited applications from eligible candidates for the empanelment of Subject Matter Experts in select academic disciplines. The initiative is aimed at engaging ...