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In 2021, plastics recycling got a whole new vibe. At least that’s the way Bert Weckhuysen, an inorganic chemist at Utrecht University, puts it. The scientific community has known for years that ...

From amazing firsts on Mars to the impacts of climate change on Earth, these science stories stood out as the most important of 2021 Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Images, ...

A study published today by Gallup and commissioned by Amazon Future Engineer sheds light on the impact that school, mentors and support have on children’s interest in computer science and willingness ...

Science communicators once again had their hands full in 2021. Between two and three million research articles were published this year, announcing discoveries from the microscopic to the cosmic and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The laureates list for sciences at the 2021 Nobel Prizes doesn't ...

Engineers created a new type of battery that weaves two promising battery sub-fields into a single battery. The battery uses both a solid state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it a ...

Scientists and engineers explored new frontiers in every technological category in 2021. Advances in everything from spaceflight to microrobotics to artificial intelligence abounded, offering a ...

As the Delta variant became the dominant strain of the coronavirus across the United States, all three COVID-19 vaccines available to Americans lost some of their protective power, with vaccine ...

Joe Spring, Bridget Alex, Riley Black, Dan Falk and Katrina Miller This year the news cycle was dominated again by stories about Covid-19, and rightly so, but other big discoveries were made ...

In yet another year of extremes, the United States in 2021 faced the "second highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on record," and suffered the largest number of ...