Novel molecules fight viruses by bursting their bubble-like membranes

Antiviral therapies are notoriously difficult to develop, as viruses can quickly mutate to become resistant to…

Who's afraid of quantum computing?

The road to a quantum future may be longer and more winding than some expect, but…

Many-body interactions feel the heat: Introducing thermal field theory

Quantum field theory is a framework used by physicists to describe a wide range of phenomena…

Researchers find new depth of understanding about how camouflage takes shape

A study led by The University of Western Australia has revealed a tool used by prey…

Scientists develop a new class of artificial water channels for more efficient industrial water purification

A team led by scientists from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences…

A low-tech way to create high-tech materials

AMOLF researcher Christiaan Van Campenhout has found a new, simple method to create a material with…

Evidence for rainfall-triggered seismicity in intraplate domain at the earthquake of 11 November 2019 in France

On 11 November 2019, a surface-rupturing earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth (about 1 km)…

Typhoon knocks out power in southern Japan

One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on…

Beijing rains heaviest since records began 140 years ago

Deadly rains that pummel China’s capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140…

As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans give air conditioning a skeptical embrace

During Europe’s heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a…