Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

Han and colleagues found that UV light at a wavelength of 185 nm has enough energy to break the bonds in CO 2 and methane and ...

Irritability is a normal response to frustrations, but it can sometimes signal an underlying mental health disorder, like ...

For numerous fundamental processes of life, the formation of certain protein patterns is essential. Protein pattern formation ...

A startup company called Zymosense is developing and marketing nanosensors invented in Nigel Reuel's Iowa State lab. The new ...

Roman buildings were engineered with hot mixed, self-healing concrete of quicklime and volcanic ash that strengthens in seawater.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a cleaner way to make ammonia, the brightest young scientists in North ...

I recently spoke to Joanna Moncrieff, author of Chemically Imbalanced, about avoiding neuro-reductionism and thinking about ...

Andy Gregory looks back on the shocking and tragic events that thrust the Wiltshire city into global headlines ...

MIT chemists synthesized a fungal compound that holds promise for treating brain cancer. Early studies find derivatives of the compound, verticillin A, can kill certain glioma cells.

Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have ...

Some drivers have to jump start their cars regularly when temperatures drop. Here's why car batteries are so sensitive to low ...