The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

Electrons in graphene break a key law of metals and reveal a strange quantum fluid. The discovery has surprised scientists.

The genomes of phages - viruses that infect bacteria - are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins ...

At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or ...

A Chinese research team has produced bulk hexagonal diamond, a crystal structure long theorized to be harder than ...

A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed a mathematical framework for human color perception that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger first sketched more than a century ago.

Honey's provenance and authenticity has long been a sticky business, with claims difficult to prove and test for. As demand for cleaner labels drives its popularity, how are producers proving their ...

At dusk, the desert sky over central Saudi Arabia can seem vast. The air rapidly cools after sunset in the vicinity of Tamir, where a new observatory is ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are primarily thought of as environmental pollutants, and most research ...

The secret ingredient comes from an unlikely industry, turning everyday food byproducts into a surprising tool for recovering ...

A new method transforms a "persistent environmental liability" into a much-desired resource, the researchers say.

This article outlines some of the commonly used mass spectrometers for proteomics. This includes several instrument ...