An iridium metal complex has been identified as a promising, if unconventional, new antibiotic drug, a new study finds. The compound is one of more than 600 produced in a study published in December ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the ...

High school science teachers can design tasks that not only develop students’ science skills but also change how they see ...

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By ...

Researchers at DTU have patented a new invention that uses naturally produced substances from bifidobacteria in the gut to help lower the risk of allergies and asthma. Allergies and asthma are ...

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists found that simple amino acids bond into peptides on interstellar dust, long ...

A new study suggests that a naturally occurring compound made by healthy gut bacteria may help protect children from developing fatty liver disease later in life. Children whose mothers eat diets high ...

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Schools around the world have closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leaving parents and teachers scrambling to figure out how kids can learn at home. We can help! Science News Explores and the ...

A chemistry professor with a large social media following has earned praise for his latest video. In it, he explains the ...

This week in science: What Jurassic Park got right about DNA in mosquito blood meals; a potential anti-cancer compound synthesized from fungi after 55 years; a stunning golden shark; and much more! A ...

A puzzle that picks up on some of the essential properties of certain natural products ...