Chemists’ breakthrough in synthesis advances a potent anti-cancer agent
It's a feat three decades in the making: Harvard University chemists have achieved what a new paper calls a "landmark in drug discovery" with...
The hidden structure of the periodic system
The periodic table of elements that most chemistry books depict is only one special case. This tabular overview of the chemical elements, which goes...
Electron (or ‘hole’) pairs may survive effort to kill superconductivity
Scientists seeking to understand the mechanism underlying superconductivity in "stripe-ordered" cuprates—copper-oxide materials with alternating areas of electric charge and magnetism—discovered an unusual metallic state...
Discovery of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanate
Light can be used not only to measure materials' properties, but also to change them. Especially interesting are those cases in which the function...
Revealing ‘hidden’ phases of matter through the power of light
Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: Solid ice, liquid water, or gas vapor. But matter can exist...
Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems
As planets form in the swirling gas and dust around young stars, there seems to be a sweet spot where most of the large,...
How multi-celled animals developed
Scientists at The University of Queensland have upended biologists' century-old understanding of the evolutionary history of animals.
Using new technology to investigate how multi-celled animals...
Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing
Spending at least two hours a week in nature may be a crucial threshold for promoting health and wellbeing, according to a new large-scale...
Earth’s heavy metals result of supernova explosion, research reveals
That gold on your ring finger is stellar -- and not just in a complimentary way.
In a finding that may overthrow our understanding of...
Oscillating quasiparticles: the cycle of decay and rebirth
Decay is relentless in the macroscopic world: Broken objects do not fit themselves back together again. However, other laws are valid in the quantum...
Oldest axial fossils discovered for the genus Australopithecus
Scientists have published an article describing the oldest axial fossils yet discovered for the genus Australopithecus. Dated 4.2 million years ago, these and other...
