Ultrashort light pulses for fast ‘lightwave’ computers

Extremely short, configurable 'femtosecond' pulses of light demonstrated by an international team could lead to future…

Enzyme-free krebs cycle may have been key step in origin of life on Earth

A set of biochemical processes crucial to cellular life on Earth could have originated in chemical…

Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes

Researchers have shown how supermassive black holes may have formed in the early universe. They suggest…

Mechanism triggering spread of prostate cancer to bones found

A researcher has found a way that prostate cancer cells hijack the body's bone maintenance, facilitating…

Early intervention with new treatment enables durable control of HIV-like virus in monkeys

One of the many challenges with existing HIV therapies is that a dormant version of the…

Spin-resolved oscilloscope for charge and spin signals

Researchers have developed a 'spin-resolved oscilloscope.'

Atomic map of malaria drug gives it new life

Researchers have mapped how the malaria drug mefloquine works, providing a route to make effective alternatives…

A kiss of death to drug the ‘undruggable’

Scientists have reported a major breakthrough in targeting the causes of many diseases, using a 'kiss…

One in five breast cancer patients could benefit from existing treatment, genetic study reveals

Researchers have discovered that a greater number of breast cancers are genetically similar to rarer cases…

Visualizing the genome: First 3-D structures of active DNA created

Scientists have determined the first 3-D structures of intact mammalian genomes from individual cells, showing how…