Pseudopod protrusions propel amoeboid cells forward: A 3-D swimming model

Rhythmic patterns and precise motions are key elements of proper swimming, and comparable demonstrations of this…

Opening the Van der Waals’ sandwich

Eighty years after the theoretical prediction of the force required to overcome the van der Waals'…

The world’s shortest laser pulse: Seeing electron movement during chemical reactions

Researchers have succeeded in shortening the pulse duration of an X-ray laser to only 43 attoseconds.…

Role of a DNA repair mechanism

An important step forward in understanding more exactly what the mechanisms are that allow, if not…

New treatment shows promise for patients with rare dermatologic disease

A new treatment for a rare and often incurable condition called dermatomyositis (DM) reduced the severity…

Intricate beauty of a cracked glass

Typical crack speeds in glass easily surpass a kilometer per second, and broken surface features may…

Western diet linked to vascular damage, prediabetes

Could short-term exposure to the average American diet increase one's risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular…

‘Protect your eyes while on the slopes,’ scientists warn

Snow fanatics are no doubt aware of the risk of getting sunburnt on the slopes, but…

Medical-like tools for NASA to study samples of the solar system

A diagnostic tool, similar in theory to those used by the medical profession to noninvasively image…

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought

The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas…