Category Archives: Highlights

Chemical anomalies in zircons highlight hidden geology of the Proterozoic’s ‘boring billion,’ a time of evolutionary stasis.

Using furan as a starting material boosts production of diamond-like polymers.

Experiments using scant nanograms of element 99 lead to first measurement of an einsteinium bond length.

At pressures five times greater than at the Earth’s core, diamond still retains its usual structure.

Platinum-molybdenum carbide spurs water-gas shift reaction, solving catalyst poisoning problem.

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 on high-contact surfaces could enable community surveillance to preempt outbreaks.

Sensitive chip uses palladium-decorated titanium dioxide to detect traces of flammable gas at room temperature.

Researchers question accuracy of rapid antigen tests and criticize government’s lack of transparency in multibillion-pound program.

Thermo Fisher hopes $1 million microscope could broaden access to microscopy method used to determine protein structures.

An alternative to polluting ammonium perchlorate shows promise as a propellant ingredient.