Have you ever wished to drive microscopic matter along an arbitrarily tailored trajectory instead of just a circle? That's exactly what we set out to achieve.

CryoPARES is a software package for assigning poses to 2D cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) particle images. It uses a supervised deep learning approach to accelerate 3D reconstruction in related ...

The influencer Zhang Xuefeng was known for no-nonsense, some said cynical, advice about how to win in China’s educational rat race. He died at 41. By Vivian Wang Any Chinese parent or student fixated ...

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While science has a solid grasp on calculating drag and resistance on microscopic spherical objects, particles like dust, microplastics, and viruses are rarely spherical. A new study re-analyzes a ...

In November, scientists arrived at the South Pole in planes outfitted with skis to pull off a construction project seven years in the making. They had a short summer window — November to early ...

You know that moment around 2 p.m. when you’ve been busy all day but can’t point to a single meaningful accomplishment? You’ve answered 47 emails. Sat through three meetings. Approved a logo revision.

Scientists discovered “magic” top quarks at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, demonstrating how the facility has evolved to support quantum computing research. Researchers at ATLAS observed ...

With tax filing season underway, new tax laws could mean bigger refunds for millions of people this year. "We do see that people will receive up to $1,000 more in their refund this year or lower ...

Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work—drafting routine documents, summarizing information, and ...