Scratching the surface of perovskites

Versatile compounds called perovskites are valued for their application in next generation solar energy technologies. Despite…

Chemists create molecule that can help treat heart disease and detect viruses

RUDN University chemists together with colleagues from the Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany) have synthesized the…

Bright and efficient light without rare metals

Modern smartphone displays, as well as many other efficient light sources, contain costly and environmentally problematic…

Tawny crazy ants' weird genetics may help them thrive in new environments

Tawny crazy ants’ pattern of genetic inheritance may have helped the South American species spread in…

Understanding cell division

Cytokinesis is the final step of the process of cell division, by which the two new…

Online violence just as destructive as offline violence

While the digital age helps facilitate spaces for women to be heard with movements and campaigns…

Photometric study sheds more light on the properties of the intermediate polar V1033 Cas

Using the Kourovka Astronomical Observatory, Russian astronomers have conducted an extensive photometric study of the intermediate…

How husbands perceive their wives' weight may affect later marriage satisfaction

Husbands may want to pay careful attention to the messages they send about their wives’ weight,…

Sniffing out cancer in canines—and humans, too

Matthew Breen, a professor of genomics at NC State, says his 25-year career has roots in…

Enzyme toolkit makes biotechnology globally accessible

In 2016, Lenshina Agbor was working on her master’s thesis in Cameroon, analyzing the DNA of…