A single organic device reconfigures as transistor, rectifier and logic gate, offering compact circuits with higher ...

When you exercise, your body doesn’t just “burn calories.” It switches between different energy or “training zones” depending ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts think they might even survive right up until the Sun dies.

Could TRAPPIST-1e hold life? Webb observations show the planet may retain an atmosphere 40 light-years from Earth.

Why are minerals making waves in the world of fragrance? Perfume enthusiasts often marvel at the depth and complexity of ...

A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as ...

One of the most memorable illustrations of scientific wonder is Joseph Wright of Derby’s extravagantly titled painting “A Philosopher Giving That Lecture on the Orrery, in Which a Lamp is Put in Place ...

A mixture of DNA and proteins—known as "chromatin"—sits inside every cell nucleus as a jumbled puddle of genetic information. As cells prepare to divide during mitosis, the chromatin is condensed into ...

Earth’s radiation can send some molecules spinning or vibrating, which is what makes them greenhouse gases. This infographic ...

In this review article, we discuss the synthesis and dynamic nature of macromolecular systems that have mechanically linked polymer chains capable of undergoing a topology transformation driven by a ...

Astronomers using the Smithsonian Submillimeter Array on Mauna Kea have helped determine the 3D structure of one of the night sky’s most iconic objects — the Ring Nebula.