Researchers developed a transparent smart contact lens that uses gold nanoparticle-embedded PEDOT:PSS nanowires to improve ...

Casgevy sickle cell gene therapy is now FDA-approved for children as young as two, opening access for 5,500 more U.S. kids.

Energy storage usually brings to mind batteries, capacitors, tanks of hydrogen, or maybe some giant gravity system hauling ...

For decades, scientists trying to build better catalysts have relied on a single guiding principle: there is one sweet spot, ...

Lignin is a key structural component of plants, the largest renewable source of aromatic chemicals in nature, and is present ...

Scientific and engineering breakthroughs are allowing us to make ammonia from pollution rather than fossil fuels.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel ...

Sialic acid is a natural sugar building block found on the surfaces of our cells. It acts as a protective and recognition molecule and plays a central role in the development of our nervous system.

The Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in 1985, when scientists observed a severe depletion in Earth's protective layer of ...

Ganymede’s auroras have always stood apart for one simple reason: this is a moon, not a planet, and yet it carries its own ...

Most people perceive a cork in a bottle of wine as a simple plug meant to keep the liquid in and the outside world out. In ...

Developing a new drug often takes over ten years from the initial idea to the finished medicine before it reaches patients. A large proportion of both the cost and the time involved is concentrated in ...