Venice comes up for air after week of record flooding

Venice sought to return to normal life on Monday after a week of unprecedented flooding that…

First global geologic map of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, completed

The first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed and…

Structure of a mitochondrial ATP synthase

ATP synthase is a universal molecular machine for energy conversion. By coupling to cellular respiration in…

Antibiotics from the sea

The team led by Prof. Christian Jogler of Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, has succeeded in cultivating…

Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle

When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance…

How gene expression noise shapes cell fate

Essential genes are often expressed with high variability during the development of cells. Scientists call this…

Army project may lead to new class of high-performance materials

Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead to…

Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

With economies and populations surging, an industrial revolution is inevitable on the African continent. The question…

Paper: Outcomes vary for workers who 'lawyer up' in employment arbitration disputes

Conventional wisdom dictates that workers who “lawyer up” in workplace disputes would be more likely to…

Steep energy bills can lead families into poverty, nationwide study shows

While it makes sense that families living below the poverty line have a difficult time covering…