Electrode-fitted microscope points to better designed devices that make fuel from sunlight

Using an atomic-force microscope fitted with an electrode tip 1,000 times smaller than a human hair,…

New study is 'chilling commentary' on future of antibiotics

The health care market is failing to support new antibiotics used to treat some of the…

Histone modifications are the influencers of zygotic genome awakening

Scientists have observed changes to the gene-regulating factors during zebrafish development and discovered that modifications to…

Axion particle spotted in solid-state crystal

Scientists have spotted a famously elusive particle: The axion – first predicted 42 years ago as…

Genome-edited bull passes hornless gene to calves

Researchers produce cattle that lack horns, meaning they cannot use them to injure other animals or…

Electrode-fitted microscope points to better designed devices that make fuel from sunlight

Using an atomic-force microscope fitted with an electrode tip 1,000 times smaller than a human hair,…

Early hunter-gatherers interacted much sooner than previously believed

A nearly 4,000-year-old burial site found off the coast of Georgia hints at ties between hunter-gatherers…

The cholera bacterium can steal up to 150 genes in one go

EPFL scientists have discovered that predatory bacteria like the cholera pathogen can steal up to 150…

Novel compound interrupts malaria parasite's lifecycle

An international group of researchers has proven that a molecule called TCMDC-135051 can selectively inhibit a…

How plants react to fungi

Plants are under constant pressure from fungi and other microorganisms. The air is full of fungal…