Software lets researchers create tiny rounded objects out of DNA. Here's why that's cool

Marvel at the tiny nanoscale structures emerging from research labs at Duke University and Arizona State…

Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas

Oregon State University archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older…

Electrons on the run: On chirality, tunneling and light fields

Will an electron escaping a molecule through a quantum tunnel behave differently depending on the left-…

The world's largest turbulence simulation unmasks the flow of energy in astrophysical plasmas

Researchers have uncovered a previously hidden heating process that helps explain how the atmosphere that surrounds…

Reactive strip developed to quickly and easily detect and quantify allergens in foods

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat de València (UV), and the…

Polarity proteins shape efficient 'breathing' pores in grasses

Grasses have “respiratory pores” (called stomata) that open and close to regulate the uptake of carbon…

Predicting calving problems before insemination

A small percentage of cows will experience problems when calving and breeders would like to know…

Successful hypothermia in nonhuman primate paves the way for future application in human torpor during spaceflight

Hibernation is a state adopted by certain mammals as an adaptation to adverse winter conditions. Typical…

Advances in understanding the quark substructure of scalars

At this stage in the evolution of the universe (about 14 billion years after the big…

Ten times this year the Webb telescope blew us away with new images of our stunning universe

It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era…