The smallest known molecular knot is made of just 54 atoms
Chemists are still trying to figure out why this combination of gold, phosphorus, oxygen and carbon atoms resulted in a molecular knot in the first place.
Chemists are still trying to figure out why this combination of gold, phosphorus, oxygen and carbon atoms resulted in a molecular knot in the first place.
Certain air pollutants that build up at night can break down the same fragrance molecules that attract pollinators like hawk moths to primroses.
MRI scans of long COVID patients with brain fog suggest that the blood brain barrier may be leaky.
Despite its two-eyed appearance, Phalangium opilio has six peepers. The four optical remnants shed light on the arachnids’ evolutionary history.
Computer scientists made progress on a decades-old puzzle in a subfield of mathematics known as combinatorics.
Superconducting temperatures have risen by about 250 degrees since the 1970s, but are still too cold to enable practical technologies.
The documentary follows NASA astronauts and the psychologists helping them prepare for future long-distance space trips to the moon and Mars.
Saturn’s largest moon could have gotten its sands from an ancient reshuffling of the solar system. If true, that would solve a long-standing mystery.
Unlike people, today's generative AI isn’t good at learning concepts that it can apply to new situations.