Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, conducted a science experiment growing potassium ...

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

Joints wear down over time. You feel it right away in the morning. That sharp, dull ache right behind the kneecap. A simple walk down a flight of stairs Traditional options used to feel pretty ...

Beneath Maine’s salt marshes, an invisible transformation is constantly underway. Water moves through soil and rock.

Projects helmed by bioengineer Michelle O’Malley and biochemist Justin Wilson will use AI to speed scientific discovery.

Abiotic means "without living organisms." Scientists typically use the term when referring to nonliving aspects of an ...

Jim Baggott is a freelance science writer. He gained a B.Sc. (1978) in chemistry at the University of Manchester and completed a D.Phil. (1981) at Oxford University. He worked as a postgraduate ...

Two research teams led by UC Santa Barbara faculty have been selected for Phase I support through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, a ...

Team USA earned three gold and one silver medal at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Thyora Therapeutics today emerged from stealth as a biotechnology company leveraging next-generation covalent chemistry, with a mission to accelerate clinical translation and create therapies for high ...

Discovery of Buckyballs was a Nobel effort by professors. Rice University duo and British colleague opened the door to the field of nanotechnology.

As the world faces new and often untreatable viral threats, Simon Fraser University researchers have found a way to cut years ...