The synthesis of methanol from carbon dioxide can be dramatically improved by switching the catalyst support from zirconia to ...

Many people believe intelligence is a fixed trait you receive at birth and cannot change. Scientific discoveries paint a completely different picture of how the human brain actually works. Your ...

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Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive.

A new “magic mushroom” compound may deliver psychedelic brain benefits without the trip.

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising trait: They are unusually calm and quiet in terms of harsh radiation. This ...

A newly identified role for the neuronal MPS shows it controls nutrient uptake by acting as a gatekeeper. Its disruption ...

Beneath its icy crust, Europa may conceal a salty ocean larger than all of Earth’s oceans combined. Shielded by miles of ice, warmed from within, and rich in active chemistry, this moon of Jupiter ...

Cone snails deploy sophisticated venom cocktails to paralyse prey. Anthony King talks to the researchers harnessing these ...

An international research team led by Konrad Meister from Boise State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has identified a new class ...