Protein-folded DNA nanostructures offer a new building material for biotechnology

By using proteins that naturally bind and arrange DNA inside cells, a KAUST-led team has devised…

Taking 2-D materials to the MAX

Discovered by researchers at Drexel University as electrodes for energy applications, MXenes have become a research…

Super light dampers for low tones

A team of Empa acoustic researchers has built macroscopic crystal structures that use internal rotation to…

Astrophysicist suggests light might be a problem for life on a planet orbiting a black hole

Jeremy Schnittman, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has taken what he describes as…

Hubble snaps spiral's profile

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sees galaxies of all shapes, sizes, luminosities and orientations in the…

Trio wins economics Nobel for fighting poverty

U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on…

Veterinarians—beset by stress, death and debt—are dying by suicide at high rates

Even after 16 years as a veterinarian, 13 of them as a veterinary oncologist, there are…

Loons likely to disappear from Minnesota due to climate change, new report warns

Minnesota could lose its beloved state bird in coming decades if humans don’t stall climate change…

Open cluster ASCC 123 investigated in detail

Using the Galileo National Telescope, astronomers have conducted a high-resolution spectroscopic study of the open cluster…

Preview Now Open for ARRL 2019 Online Auction

A preview of the more than 230 items going on the block this week in the…