Scientists have developed a new platform for the generation and detection of ultrashort UV-C laser pulses on femtosecond timescales. This breakthrough could unlock new opportunities for transforming ...

The Write Field Program is a writing and public speaking program for minority middle school and high school girls and boys. We are recruiting for the 2025-26 school year. The Poynter Institute’s Write ...

Vermont has its first-ever "Kid Governor," following a civics education program for fifth-graders led by the office of Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas. The winner of an election in ...

Rocket Pharmaceuticals (RCKT) traded lower on Tuesday after J.P. Morgan downgraded the gene therapy developer to Underweight from Neutral, citing concerns over its mid-stage trial program for RP-A501, ...

HISTORIANS of mathematics attribute the first use of the cross x as a symbol for multiplication to William Oughtred (“Clavis Mathematicae”, London, 1631). See W. W. R. Ball's “Short Account of the ...