Chemistry October 20, 2015 Karplus, Levitt, Warshel win 2013 Nobel prize for chemistry Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for laying the foundation for computer models used to understand and predict chemical processes.
Chemistry October 20, 2015 South Korean scientists use E. coli to make gasoline Escherichia coli can cause serious food poisoning but Korean scientists have come up with a more helpful use for the sometimes-deadly bacteria: producing gasoline.
Chemistry October 20, 2015 ‘Terminator’ polymer regenerates itself Spanish scientists report to have created the world's first self-healing polymer that can repair itself on its own without any intervention.
Chemistry October 20, 2015 New element confirmed for periodic table Swedish scientists report fresh evidence confirming the existence of a new element for the periodic table, a substance that doesn’t naturally occur anywhere on earth.
Biology October 20, 2015 How to explore the microscopic world Today's microscopes can reveal everything from the secretion of insulin in pancreatic cells to the chemical crossfire in slices of living brain tissue.
Chemistry October 20, 2015 New 'charmed' particle may represent previously unknown state of matter A new type of particle may have shown up independently at two particle accelerators, physicists say.
Science Education October 20, 2015 Doubling down: four-stranded, 'quadruple helix' DNA discovered 60 years after scientists first described the “double helix” shape of DNA, scientists have found the first quadruple helix -- and it may help prevent cancer's runaway cell proliferation.
Chemistry October 20, 2015 The kilogram has gained weight The kilogram may need to go on a diet. The international standard, a cylinder-shaped hunk of metal that defines the fundamental unit of mass, has gained weight from surface contamination.
Biology October 20, 2015 Duh! 12 obvious science findings of 2012 For scientists, an answer to a question, or solution to a problem, is not true until proven so. And sometimes that means revealing what mere mortals already knew.
Biology October 20, 2015 Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow contest inspires students to pursue STEM Samantha Hoover, 14, said it didn’t sink in that she would be presenting work she did for a school project at the 2015 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow event in New York City until she stepped on the plane. It was the first visit to the city for the ninth grader from James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Chemistry October 20, 2015 Something Congress could agree on: Helium Congress is so mired in gridlock that it couldn’t agree upon a basic funding bill, resulting in a partial shutdown of government. But helium? Now there's an inert gas this inert Congress can agree on.
