For the first time, scientists have recorded electrons in the act of snapping chemical bonds, turning an abstract quantum ...

The idea that the cosmos might be alive is moving from late-night speculation into serious, if controversial, scientific ...

Topological phases are at the heart of many advances in photonics and materials science. In a recent eLight paper, ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Genetic treatments could be the key to unlocking some rare diseases. But bringing these medicines to patients involves ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast ...

An animal with a nose so bright that it could guide Santa’s sleigh through the night might be a far-fetched belief, but many animals can actually glow through something called bioluminescence. In ...

Similar to the “law of diminishing returns in economics,” biology inevitably experiences a leveling off of microbial growth at some point, even as available nutrients rise. A new study reformulates an ...

Two complementary studies reveal how an insufficient supply of energy in macrophages, key immune cells in artery walls, drives the progression of atherosclerosis—and how this knowledge could lead to ...

Researchers have made a key advance in thin-film solar cell technology by rethinking one of its most problematic regions: the interface between the light-absorbing material and the metal contact.