Breaking COVID-19's 'clutch' to stop its spread

Scripps Research chemist Matthew Disney, Ph.D., and colleagues have created drug-like compounds that, in human cell…

How a toxic chromium species could form in drinking water

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought much-needed attention to the problem of potentially toxic metals…

Tackling inequality is key for post-COVID economic recovery, say experts

Safeguarding people’s living standards, re-evaluating the role of key workers in society, and reducing racial and…

Breaking new ground in the search for dark matter

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is renowned for the hunt for and discovery of the Higgs…

The odd special mutation can be very helpful—the trick is knowing how to find them

Geneticist Jolanda van Leeuwen remembers the day she made a striking observation that would take her…

Researchers develop dual-wavelength ocean lidar for ocean detection

Ocean water column information profiles are essential for ocean research. Currently, water column profiles are typically…

Scientists investigate black carbon effects on climate in the Arctic during winter and spring

As an important light-absorbing aerosol, black carbon (BC) can affect the energy balance of the earth-atmosphere…

New model shows that industrial fishing could promote anti-social fish behavior

Life on Earth is all about strategies for survival, with every organism developing behaviors and bodies…

Adaptive genetic markers identify the origins and dispersal of invasive species

The western area of the Iberian Peninsula could be determinant in the origin of the ancestral…

Venus might be habitable today, if not for Jupiter

Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn’t altered its orbit around…