Helping robots to build new antibiotics

A team from The University of Manchester have engineered a common gut bacterium to produce a…

New measurements imply dramatically higher abundance of helium hydride ions in the early universe

Physicists report the first laboratory measurements of electron reactions with helium hydride ions in the cryogenic…

Scientists discover group of genes connected to longer life in fruit flies

Alexey Moskalev, Ph.D., Head of the Laboratory of Geroprotective and Radioprotective technologies and co-authors from the…

Adding a polymer stabilizes collapsing metal-organic frameworks

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a special class of sponge-like materials with nano-sized pores. The nanopores lead…

Hubble Spots a Stunning Spiral

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. One of the key galaxy types we see in…

Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

New Scientist was opposed to the Apollo missions from the start, and complained for decades that…

Shaken or stirred: robotic bartender serves up cocktails for Prague clubbers

For revelers at one Prague megaclub, gone are the days of being squashed at the bar…

Cigarette butts in soil hamper plant growth, study suggests

A study suggests the butts make up the most pervasive form of plastic pollution on the…

Hawaii declares state of emergency amid protests over huge telescope

The planned construction of an enormous telescope atop Mauna Kea is being blocked by Hawaiian protesters…

Key Moments To The Lead Up Of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

NPR’s Noel King talks to historian Andrew Chaikin about the things that went wrong during the…