It looks like a classic capsule for medication but is sealed with a specially designed sugar polymer that is responsive to ...

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A new review of recent studies shows the great apes rely on medicinal plants to heal infections, but the plants’ chemistry ...

During cognitive decline, lithium is sequestered into amyloid plaques; treatment with the metal reverses symptoms ...

Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study.

“Lead to gold is one of those things that the experiment was not designed for,” Takaki tells Newscripts. The LHC was designed to smash lead ions into each other, but the ALICE researchers found that ...

P ilanda Watkins-Curry keeps a chessboard on her coffee table at home. She started playing with her father and grandfather when she was 5 years old. Now, playing with her family gives her a chance ...

Thirty years of DNA forensics: How DNA has revolutionized criminal investigations DNA profiling methods have become faster, more sensitive, and more user-friendly since the first murderer was ...

A nything synthetic chemicals can do, biological systems can do better. That mantra is at the heart of Ariel Furst ’s research. By combining the power of biology with chemistry and materials ...

Tire makers strive to fix their electric car problem Companies are trying to reckon with the tire’s tendency to wear out faster due to heavier weight and torque ...

Microplastic pollution has likely been traveling in the atmosphere for decades. Researchers want better tools to study its effects on climate, ecology, and human health.

Almost extinct in the US, powdered laundry detergents thrive elsewhere in the world Powders aren’t growing as fast as liquids, but they still make up the majority of the industry’s volume ...