Shedding light deeper into the human brain

The inner workings of the human brain have always been a subject of great interest. Unfortunately,…

New chemical structures built on unreactive bonds

Organic chemists have transformed strong carbon fluorine bonds into crowded quaternary carbon centers with cobalt catalyzed…

In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose, not form, matters

The way estrogen therapy for menopause is delivered doesn't affect risk or benefit, new research shows.…

Scientists identify optimal areas for conservation and agriculture in the tropics

A team of researchers has recently completed a global study on the trade-offs between the benefits…

Women, men report similar levels of work-family conflicts

Contrary to public perception and many media accounts, women and men report similar levels of work-family…

Canadian sapphires fit for a queen now unearthed

New research could make it easier to find high-quality Canadian sapphires, the same sparkling blue gems…

The Danish reference genome

After close to 5 years of work, the GenomeDenmark consortium has now finalized the efforts to…

Physicists turn a crystal into an electrical circuit

Physicists have found a way to write an electrical circuit into a crystal, opening up the…

Heavy metals in water meet their match

A high school student's project that won national and international awards removes more than 99 percent…

High-speed FM-AFM and simulation reveal atomistic dissolution processes of calcite in water

A high-speed frequency modulation AFM (FM-AFM) has been developed, which researchers say enables atomic-resolution imaging in…