Researchers suggest that rising levels of humanmade chemicals, accumulating in marine plankton, might be used to…
Scientists get fungi to spill their secrets
Using multiplex base-editing, an approach that simultaneously modifies multiple sites in fungal genomes, chemical and biomolecular…
Lab lights way to simple chemical synthesis
Scientists have developed a photochemical process to simplify the synthesis of drug and chemical precursors known…
Lithium-sulfur batteries are one step closer to powering the future
A research team has built and tested a new interlayer to prevent dissolution of the sulfur…
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia. …
Physicists find that organelles grow in random bursts
Eukaryotic cells—the ones that make up most life as we know it, including all animals, plants…
Artificial intelligence could aid in evaluating parole decisions
Over the last decade, there has been an effort by lawmakers to reduce incarceration in the…
Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population
More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound…
Researchers uncover key codon repeats regulating chilling tolerance in rice
A recent study by Prof. Chong Kang’s group from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese…
Interfaces play important role in condensate behavior
Before mixing an oil-and-vinegar-based salad dressing, the individual drops of vinegar are easily seen suspended in…