The physics that drives periodic economic downturns

A professor at Duke University says that the way spilled milk spreads across the floor can…

All microgastrinae wasps from around the world finally together in a 1,089-page monograph

With 3,000 known species and thousands more left to describe, the wasps of the subfamily Microgastrinae…

Engineers model mutations causing drug resistance

Whether it is a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, or cancer cells that no longer react to…

Study challenges common view of oxygen scarcity on Earth 2 billion years ago

Shungite, a unique carbon-rich sedimentary rock from Russia deposited 2 billion years ago, holds clues about…

Creating stretchable thermoelectric generators

For the first time, a soft and stretchable organic thermoelectric module has been created that can…

Planning for future water security in China

China’s fast economic growth and accompanying rise in food demand is driving an increase in water…

Scientists reveal how proteins team up to repair DNA

Scientists have revealed an important mechanism in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, according to new…

Teaching old transition metals new tricks: Chemists activate palladium catalysis by light

In the production of compounds, chemists have the fundamental goal of finding strategies that are most…

Pushing periodic disorder induced phase-matching into deep-ultraviolet spectral region

Phase matching condition is the key criteria for efficient nonlinear frequency conversion. Here, Scientists in China…

Lead-halide perovskites with enhanced luminescence and stability

Lead halide perovskites are materials that emit light with a range of colors, but also suffer…