Frontiers

Decoding the Dual Role of Small RNAs in Microbial Metabolism and Stress Regulation

Small RNAs (sRNAs), traditionally regarded as noncoding post-transcriptional regulators, are increasingly recognised as ...
Science X Network

Beneath pale ash, a quantum microscope reveals hidden traces of Neanderthal fire use preserved for millennia

An ancient hearth at El Salt (Spain) is giving up its secrets—not with flames, but with physics. Scientists have already ...

Recoverable molecular helper guides synthesis of highly pure chiral rotaxanes

Chiral molecules can exist in left- and right-handed forms. Although these mirror-image forms may look almost identical, they ...
eLife

A stable cryogenic fluorescence microscope for correlative super-resolution light and electron microscopy

In this useful Tools & Resources article, the authors describe a new cryogenic light microscopy design and characterize its temperature and spatial stability. This compelling system avoids the ...
IBTimes UK

Mars Meteorite Garnet Discovery: Scientists Find Rare Ancient Egyptian Gem Inside Space Rock

Scientists have identified an entirely new type of rock on Mars, containing a mineral never previously detected on the Red Planet, in a discovery that they say could transform our understanding of ...
University of California

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Omar Yaghi, a Jordanian-American chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry today, sharing it with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, ...
CNN

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientist trio for Harry Potter-like work in molecular architecture

A trio of scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” a form of molecular architecture that packs vast amounts of space into tiny ...
C&EN

Are undergraduate chemistry programs in crisis?

These are all colleges that stopped accepting new undergraduate chemistry majors in the past year. Others, such as SUNY Potsdam and Utica University, came very close to cutting their programs. So far ...
Nature

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy Techniques

Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) extends conventional scanning electron microscopy by permitting investigation of specimens in gaseous or hydrated states, thus preserving near-native ...
AZOM

Streamlined Microanalysis in Scanning Electron Microscopes

Within analytical sciences, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (otherwise known as EDS) and CL in the scanning electron microscope (termed SEM) are vital microanalysis techniques. During the process ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists’ Work on Protein Structure, Which Governs All Aspects of Life, Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their work on protein structure. Atila Altuntas / Anadolu via Getty Images On Wednesday morning, ...
The Conversation

Machine learning cracked the protein‑folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and David Baker for using machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges: predicting the 3D shape of proteins ...