UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids—the building blocks of ...

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer ...

In 1954, researchers described a new drug that sent children with acute leukemia into remission. It would become one of the first chemotherapy drugs and would later form the basis for a new, "rational ...

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The Wright Aeronautical Corp. described this week its “Turbo-Cyclone 18 Compound Engine,” designed for the utmost fuel economy. It has a conventional piston engine in front and three small turbines ...

With the exception of lithium, alkali metals do not react with elemental nitrogen either at ambient conditions or at elevated temperatures, requiring the search for alternative synthetic routes to ...

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created. By Alan Burdick and Emily Anthes Illustrations by Ruru Kuo ...

Scientists have coaxed one of the universe’s most stubborn elements into a new compound. Formed under intense pressures, the newly discovered compound packs helium atoms into crystalline iron, ...