Abstract: A highly sensitive fiber-optic urea sensor was designed and experimentally demonstrated based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect and metal-organic zeolite framework (MOF), [zeolite ...

As AI systems began acing traditional tests, researchers realized those benchmarks were no longer tough enough. In response, nearly 1,000 experts created Humanity’s Last Exam, a massive 2,500-question ...

Earnings over $24,480 (2026) before full retirement age reduces Social Security benefits. Claimed Social Security early; half of earnings above the threshold are withheld. Benefits recalculated at ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

The verdict, it seems, is in: artificial intelligence is not about to replace mathematicians. That is the immediate takeaway from the “First Proof” challenge—perhaps the most robust test yet of the ...

Scores on New York’s statewide assessment tests improved in both math and English language arts during the 2024-2025 school year. Statewide, 57% of students tested proficient in math last year, up 3 ...

There is good and bad news in this year’s newly released standardized test scores for New Jersey public school students. The good news is the average test scores on the science portion of the tests ...

Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, M3I UPR 9022 du CNRS, Strasbourg, France Instituto de Biología Molecular y Cellular de Rosario, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnológicas, and ...

On a foggy September day in 1950, most Bay Area residents were going about their daily lives, headed to work or school. The newspapers were full of headlines about the Korean War — no one suspected ...