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Could “fatty” or “starchy” one day become accepted as the sixth basic taste alongside the likes of sweet and salty?

A cell is fundamentally a container—a vessel that encapsulates life at the most basic level. Many biologists believe ...

Abstract: Optical soliton molecules are under intense research focus, owing in particular to the interesting analogies between their self-assembly and internal dynamics, and those of matter molecules.

This film explores the intricate relationship between nature and the synthetic world of plastics, detailing how man has harnessed natural elements like air, water, and minerals to create new materials ...

In a study that closes a long-standing knowledge gap in fundamental science, researchers Boerge Hemmerling and Stephen Kane at the University of California, Riverside, have successfully measured the ...

In this month's edition of LC Troubleshooting, Dwight Stoll and his fellow researchers discuss both the benefits (improved peak shape/loading) and challenges (excessive interaction) associated with ...

Surely but slowly, scientists are learning the structure of the basic molecules of life. They are gradually discovering how those molecules perform their exquisitely delicate and extraordinarily ...

Life's building blocks may not have been crafted in the lightning flashes of a tempest, a new study suggests, so much as in the ceaseless glow of rolling ocean mists. Researchers from Stanford ...

Far below the Atlantic waves, an unusual site known as the Lost City fascinates scientists and casual observers. It consists of towering carbonate structures in a hydrothermal field, at a depth of 750 ...