Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a rapid and cost-efficient sequencing method that can identify antibiotic ...

Two parallel experiments in protein self-assembly produced strikingly different results, demonstrating that protein designers ...

The longest chains of the conductive polymer poly(p-phenylene; PPP) produced to date are just under one micrometer ...

The Chesapeake Bay's most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity waters where they are known to congregate, according to a new ...

A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...

My fixation on a small, desolate locale in the heart of the Sahara Desert started with a single line buried in a 630-page ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected ...

Discovered in the Pictor II dwarf galaxy, star PicII-503 has an extreme deficiency in iron—less than 1/40,000th of the sun. This signature makes it the clearest example of a star within a primordial ...

A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function—it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional function beyond its role in energy production, ...

A humpback whale alters the pitch of its song when joined by a neighboring singer, a finding that opens a new chapter in the ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—a ten-year survey ...