RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used. Crowned with the ...

Researchers have captured the first atomic-level views of human SMUG1, a key enzyme involved in repairing damaged DNA.

A research team has developed a new strategy to simultaneously control the electronic and magnetic properties of oxide thin ...

A team at the University of Minnesota discovered that changing a metal film's thickness by just a few nanometers can dramatically alter how it behaves electronically. The finding reveals a surprising ...

Scientists have revolutionized the way metals are made by using lower and slower heating of alloys to control how atoms self-organize during material manufacturing. The discovery, published in Science ...

A subtle change in iron ions’ electronic configuration produces a measurable difference in seismic wave speeds through mantle ...

Silver iodide is an electrical insulator, which rules out most surface-imaging tools that rely on electrons or ions. The team ...

In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

Ever since humans began building, they’ve been building up. Throughout the millennia, our constructions have reached higher and higher into the sky, spurred by various motivations: religion, democracy ...