And the complexity of human biology means those effects are generally difficult to predict – particularly if associated with ...

Around half of all proteins in the human proteome contain disordered regions that fold into variable, unpredictable ...

A chemically diverse library of aerogels has been created that remains stable under extreme thermal and mechanical conditions ...

Advanced imaging has revealed how a membrane protein’s unique structure enables a bacterial predator to attack and consume ...

The initiative focuses on two pesticides – fipronil and imidacloprid – which are frequently found in shampoos, spot-on ...

Why do the atomic weights on the periodic table keep changing? Kit Chapman meets the team behind the decimal places ...

Last year, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) revised the atomic weights of gadolinium, lutetium and zirconium. Gadolinium’s standard atomic weight changed from 157.250 to ...

Employees at the US National Science Foundation (NSF), which funds basic research, have followed the example of workers at ...

The closure of university chemistry departments and courses in the UK is leading to the emergence of ‘cold spots’, areas ...

As some pesticides are endocrine disruptors, a common pathway for this disruption is their impact on melatonin, the sleep ...

International firms are also looking to partner with Chinese counterparts at earlier stages to co-develop drugs – such as ...

Findings may have wide-ranging implications, from the origins of life to the characterisation of technological glasses ...