Scientists have revealed a new way to detect and attack cancer cells using technology traditionally reserved for solar power. The results showcases dramatic improvements in light-activated fluorescent… Read more “Can solar technology kill cancer cells?”

Researchers are working to better control how the chemicals respond to treatment, as well as how to reverse the chemicals back to their original state with little… Read more “Researchers design tunable, self-recovering dyes for use in next-generation smart devices”

Nacre, the rainbow-sheened material that lines the insides of mussel and other mollusk shells, is known as nature’s toughest material. Now, a team of researchers has revealed… Read more “Cracking the mystery of nature’s toughest material”

A group of scientists have developed a new technology that makes it possible to rapidly identify viruses in wheat fields with a significantly higher accuracy. They collected… Read more “New portable DNA sequencer quickly and accurately diagnoses wheat viruses”

The transition from coal to natural gas in the US electricity sector is reducing the industry’s water use, research finds. For every megawatt of electricity produced using… Read more “Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water”