That stinks! One American in 15 smells odors that aren’t there

A new study finds that one in 15 Americans (or 6.5 percent) over the age of…

How an herbivore hijacks a nutrient uptake strategy of its host plant

Maize plants release secondary metabolites into the soil that bind to iron and thereby facilitate its…

Physicists fight laser chaos with quantum chaos to improve laser performance

To tame chaos in powerful semiconductor lasers, which causes instabilities, scientists have introduced another kind of…

Scientists create new technology and solve a key puzzle for cellular memory

With a new groundbreaking technique, researchers have managed to identify a protein that is responsible for…

Cells agree: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

Brief exposures to stressors can be beneficial by prompting cells to trigger sustained production of antioxidants,…

Chemists find a surprisingly simple reaction to make a family of bioactive molecules

Many natural products and drugs feature a so-called dicarbonyl motif -- in certain cases however their…

New approach to fight tuberculosis, a leading cause of death worldwide

A group of researchers used a systematic approach to get an entirely new look at the…

Taking a closer look at unevenly charged biomolecules

Clinicians most often monitor antibodies because these small proteins attach to antigens, or foreign substances, we…

Novel research optimizes both elasticity and rigidity in the same material without the usual tradeoffs

In the world of materials, rigidity and elasticity are usually on opposite ends of the continuum.…

Autoimmunity plays role in development of COPD

Autoimmunity plays a role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a…