Quantum technologies have long underpinned modern foundational technologies, including lasers, atomic clocks, transistors, and semiconductor devices. Today, advancements in quantum information science ...

The debate over the nature of knowledge has long contended with the distinction between theoretical understanding (knowing that) and the capacity to perform tasks (knowing how). This research topic ...

Over the past three decades, income inequality has gone up in most advanced economies and in many developing ones as well. Why? Much of the research on inequality has focused on advances in technology ...

Across the 20 places surveyed, there is relatively high trust in the military and scientists to do what is right for the public; trust tends to be lower in the national government, news media and ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will produce a revised, expanded, and online version of On Being a Scientist: A Guide to the Responsible Conduct of ...

Social purpose organizations need better ways to determine the quality of the evidence they use for making decisions. They need the strongest possible evidence they can find to plan effective action, ...

In the field of social science, particularly within psychology and counseling, several critical issues have emerged that undermine the scientific rigor of research and practice. One of the most ...

The Office of Research at Purdue is accepting nominations for the newly established Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR) award. To advance Purdue’s drive toward research excellence, the ...