An electron microscopy image of the silk of the Australian net-caster spider, Asianopis subrufa, has won top prize in the ...

Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are ...

A new study explains how cholesterol-lowering medications can lead to muscle damage and identifies a possible approach to making these treatments safer. Statins have dramatically improved cardiovascul ...

Some atoms in a liquid stay fixed even at high temperatures, reshaping how solidification starts and enabling an unusual ...

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the ...

High-resolution structures explain the mechanism of human PNPase and provide insights into mutations causing hereditary ...

From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are ...

“Our achievement may herald a new form of matter combining characteristics of solids and liquids in the same material,” ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of matter that isn't a solid, liquid, or gas. Researchers call this new type of ...

Researchers at HZDR have partnered with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and the Institute of ...

Researchers made iron telluride into a superconducting thin film by reducing crystal distortion, enabling use in quantum ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A ...