Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building block

Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in an orderly manner using self-assembly protocols.…

Walnuts may be good for the gut and help promote heart health

Researchers found that eating walnuts daily as part of a healthy diet was associated with increases…

Whooping cough evolving into a superbug

Whooping cough bacteria are becoming smarter at colonizing and feeding off unwitting hosts — whether they…

Cyanobacteria in water and on land identified as source of methane

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are among the most common organisms on Earth. A research…

PIA23639: Arsia Mons Summit

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

Taal volcano lake all but gone in eruption

Satellites continue to monitor the Philippines volcano which has experienced a lull in activity. …

Local activism can't be crushed, research finds. At most, it changes target

According to received wisdom, local activism against the establishment of industrial plants follows a cycle, with…

Factors that ensure cellular protein production

Defects in tRNA biogenesis influence gene expression and are associated with many types of human diseases,…

Clearing up cloudy climate predictions

U.K. scientists are taking to the skies as part of a major international research campaign to…

Far-right violence in Portugal draws strength from skinhead roots—study

Far-right agitators in Portugal now have different reasons to their 1970s predecessors for becoming radicalised and…