Jonathan Park is an MD-PhD student at Yale University in Newhaven, Connecticut.Credit: Jonathan Park Jonathan I could feel the tension setting in. I had just pressed Send on a flurry of e-mails to … [+11650 chars]
A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena disclosed the complete biosynthetic pathway for the formation of strychnine in the plant species Strychnos nux-vomica (poison … [+5887 chars]
Experts in biomedical research are calling for better use of chemical probes to improve our understanding of protein function and the foundations on which much of modern drug discovery and developmen… [+7331 chars]
Scientists in Switzerland have resumed smashing together the tiny particles that make up the physical properties of the universe, in hopes of better understanding the forces and phenomena that underg… [+4357 chars]
Though sci-fi movies would have us believe that space is incredibly cold — even freezing — space itself isn’t exactly cold. In fact, it doesn’t actually have a temperature at all. Temperature is a … [+5823 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China, the U.S. and Germany has found evidence that suggests that colorful ventral wings help colonizing birds to avoid running into one … [+2449 chars]
A midlife career change is hard to pull off, because it can involve reinventing yourself and adopting a completely new professional role. Now, researchers from Japan show that some plant cells get a … [+3184 chars]
Earth's magnetic field — also known as the geomagnetic field — is generated in our planet's interior and extends out into space, creating a region known as the magnetosphere. Without the magnetic … [+11064 chars]
The physics lab that's home to the world's largest atom smasher has announced the observation of three new, never-before-seen "exotic particles," which could provide clues about the force that binds … [+1254 chars]
A team of physicists at the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy has used mathematical calculations to show that quantum communications across interstellar space should be possib… [+2673 chars]
In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his magnum opus, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which effectively synthesized his theories on motion, velocity, and universal gravitation. In terms o… [+10666 chars]
Experts in biomedical research are calling for better use of chemical probes to improve our understanding of protein function and the foundations on which much of modern drug discovery and developmen… [+7331 chars]