Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019: How cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is being awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin…

Using velocity-induced acoustic oscillations as a standard ruler at cosmic dawn

Our current understanding of physics suggests that there are two main types of matter in the…

N0AX Wins the October QST Cover Plaque Award

The winning article for the October 2019 QST Cover Plaque award is “About Impedance Matching Circuits”…

A fortress of ice and snow

After only a few days of searching, experts from the MOSAiC expedition have now found a…

Researchers discover a link between two important products of nitric oxide

Ever since three U.S.-based researchers working independently unveiled the role of nitric oxide in mediating blood…

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments—they want medical science

In the West, the number of people challenging scientific authority has been growing in past decades.…

ClpX-ClpP protein complex could be starting point for new antibiotics

Antibiotics are still the most important weapon for combating bacterial infections. But medical science is running…

PSR J0453+1559 may be a neutron star–white dwarf binary, study suggests

Astronomers have investigated a compact binary radio pulsar system known as PSR J0453+1559, with the aim…

Picoscience and a plethora of new materials

The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily life,…

Indonesia's huge fires and toxic haze will cause health problems for years to come

Indonesia is currently in the throes of an environmental emergency. Thousands of hectares of forest are…