Category Archives: Highlights

Erratic supplies of a critical chemical have long denied millions of people in the developing world the malaria therapies that could save their lives. Now an effort to create a more reliable source is finally bearing fruit.

One thing’s for sure: the bees are not happy. Since 2006, worrying numbers of worker bees have been deserting their hives, a phenomenon dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD). Although apiculturists have noted for centuries that bees can suddenly disappear in … Continue reading →

Mark Peplow assesses a chronicle of the blighted US and Soviet communities that fuelled the nuclear arms race.

Space telescope culls exotic creation theories with ultra-precise microwave map.

Necklace of gold nanoparticles can sense single electrons.

Proponents of hydrogen-powered vehicles have long argued that it is the future of motoring. But today, their dream is almost as distant as ever – and increasingly serves as a distraction in the quest to cut greenhouse gas emissions by … Continue reading →

Gold can speed up a multitude of chemical reactions — so why isn’t it widely used in industry?

Analysis of heart of Richard I shows that Christians practiced embalming.

Synthetic biology delivers combination therapies into an uncertain market.

If the RI is to have a future, it cannot be separated from its past.