Artificial spider silk could be a smart and responsive alternative to traditional wound dressings, helping patients and medical staff to monitor recovery in real time.
Common concerns of the clean energy transition
With questions centered around cost and how long the transition will take, how do we convince people that the transition to renewables will be worth it?
Study reveals what makes the Delta variant so infectious
A part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein could prove to be its Achilles’ heel.
Biodegradable patch improves tissue repair
Researchers create a new biocompatible patch that could enhance the clinical treatment of tissue injury by speeding up wound healing.
NASA begins launch prep for the first mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
The first mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids will show us the diversity of the primordial bodies that built our Solar System.
Electro swing direct air capture
An innovative advance dubbed “electro swing” may challenge the energy efficiency, capacity, and scalability of large-scale carbon capture.
This month in pictures
Enjoy this gallery of science images featuring a glowing hydrogel fish, microscale flowers, nanoscale fireworks, and more.
What do carbon capture and beer bubbles have in common?
Understanding how bubbles form is vital to both producers and consumers of the world’s most popular alcoholic beverage.
This month in pictures
Bacteria-killing micromotors, microscopic patchworks, and DNA fibers decorated with self-made “smileys” — science has never looked better.
Never say never – Seeing the birth of a crystal
The genesis of a crystal was something we have imagined for centuries, and being able to watch it was like living in a dream.