Gallium, a metal that melts in the hand, has just surprised scientists. At the atomic level, gallium exhibits peculiarities.

From the salt in your kitchen to cutting-edge thermoelectrics, chemical bonding shapes the materials we rely on every day. Researchers are now uncovering how tweaking these bonds can unlock new ...

Senescent cells walk a tightrope, risking cell death with high levels of iron and other damaging agents, but compensating for this by overproducing a protective protein, GPX4, which staves off death.

Jian Jiang's team at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently published an article that focuses on the core bottlenecks of ...

A new set of drugs exploit a recently revealed weakness in "zombie-like"—or senescent—cells that could lead to new treatments ...

Researchers also discovered that liquid gallium is not entirely disordered at its surface, forming subtle, layered atomic ...

Engineers attempting to build microscopic robots face a strict physical trade-off: as mechanical devices shrink, their ...

Cyclodextrins, a fascinating class of cyclic oligosaccharides, have garnered significant attention due to their unique molecular structure and versatile applications in various industries, including ...

While graphene excels, carbyne and diamond nanothreads offer competitive advantages in specific engineering applications.

Researchers created a human spinal cord organoid, injured it, then applied an experimental therapy. What happened next was ...