Scientists suggest approach could be leveraged for a wide range of chemical applications, with complex, workflows streamlined into a rapid, single-step reaction.

Boron nitride sensors enable quantum measurements under crushing pressure, redefining high-pressure physics. The quantum ...

Once an antibody latches on to a pathogen, broadly neutralizing antibodies inactivate it (as their name implies). This is ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at stealthily building humanoid robots, a way to triple wheat production and ...

A new study shows that a short pulse of heat can reset and recharge these DNA circuits, letting them work again with little ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery.

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Researchers at Rice University have engineered living cells to use a 21st amino acid that illuminates protein changes in real ...

By shuttling silver and mercury between binding sites in DNA, scientists make the molecule switch conductance levels like a ...

The era of the electric sports car may soon be upon us in a big-ish way. Porsche has been hard at work testing electric versions of its Boxster and Cayman, and now BMW is saying it hasn't ruled out ...