It does not issue instructions or enforce compliance, but it operates through a soft control — a mode of influence that shapes behavior by structuring perception and guiding attention.

What happens when a scientific problem seems too complex to solve precisely, yet understanding it could reshape how researchers design new materials and medicines? For decades, much of the polymer ...

NIMS discovered a phenomenon in which droplets on a single solid surface exhibit both a "sticky" and "repellent" state ...

New AI‑designed miniproteins precisely modulate GPCR signaling and reveal a new screening system for targeting receptors long ...

The highway toll lanes that have been popping up in other parts of the Bay Area, notably Interstate Highway 880, debuted on the Peninsula on Feb. 11 after years of construction. Now, drivers are faced ...