How scientists developed the most popular anesthetic used today, without totally knowing how it works
Read now →The "milk of amnesia" is relatively new, and is predated by centuries of weak attempts at pain relief
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Meet Kathleen Lonsdale, the physicist and prison reformer who cracked benzene's code
Read now →Lonsdale assembled her own X-ray crystallography laboratory from scratch to solve a century-old mystery
Scientists find a shortcut to make a rare — and possibly healthier — sugar
Read now →Their one-pot recipe makes a reportedly healthier alternative sweetener
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T cells activated by mRNA vaccines are effective against Alpha, Beta, and Gamma COVID-19 variants
Read now →Research into other aspects of COVID-19 immunity is swiftly developing
Two bacteria team up to poison their slime mold predator
Read now →Alone, these two bacteria are easy meals for the slime mold. Together, they turn the tables on it
The bubbles in your pint of beer are a scientific marvel
Read now →Pouring a chilled beer into a tilted glass produces about 1.5 million bubbles
Scientists turn to a chemical trick to fool flies into eating bitter chow
Read now →This will help uncover how flies react to bitter-tasting compounds
Scientists harness a rare true blue color from nature — in red cabbage
Read now →Chemists gave this natural pigment an extra blue boost with aluminum ions
A glowing blue compound could help us understand the vibrant autumn leaves
Read now →Scientists are tracing what happens in plants when chlorophyll breaks down
Decades-old theory on how ears work is wrong
Read now →After 30 years, scientists still don't know how the ear tells the brain what it is hearing
Researchers investigate which terrestrial and marine mammals might be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2
Read now →The answer lies in the configuration of the ACE2 protein
Scientists look to mussels' feet to build a better adhesive
Read now →Water is a big problem for manmade adhesives, but nature has already figured out a solution
Chewing pasta too much makes it less healthy
Read now →The latest pasta research shows that tiny bits of noodles lead to higher glucose levels
A promising Alzheimer's treatment comes from the red maple tree
Read now →The red maple is the only known natural source of compounds called ginnalins
El caso de tres medicamentos reutilizados para los ensayos para tratar el COVID-19
Read now →¿Confundido acerca de qué drogas funcionan o no?
Seventy-five percent of STEM graduate students do not consistently feel like they belong in graduate school
Read now →Most students feel negatively or neutral about whether their professors understand the hardships they face
The case of three drugs repurposed for trials to treat COVID-19
Read now →Confused about which drugs do or don't work?
Drug repurposing gave remdesivir its second, third, and fourth chance
Read now →The antiviral has had a charmed life, failing multiple times but coming back again and again
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What are the advantages of an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?
Read now →They're easier to manufacture than traditional vaccines, but scientifically their history is checkered
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Here's how to make health technology accessible to everyone
Read now →Often, these solutions leave out the people who need them most
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CO2 sucked out of the atmosphere can be reused for new chemical processes
Read now →It can be converted into methanol, then used in resins and polymers
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A new shortcut skips stem cells completely, converts skin cells into photoreceptors
Read now →This method, which uses a handful of small molecule drugs, is a time-saver compared to stem cell therapy
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