Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s.

Plants mastered the art of harvesting sunlight billions of years ago, using elegant rings of pigments in their leaves. Now, ...

Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

The natural protein, known as CelOCE, was developed at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials and is ready ...

One of humanity’s most profound questions is whether life exists beyond Earth — and if so, what forms it might take. For ...

Shengxi Huang explains why Picoquant’s instruments are helping her to develop 2D materials that are highly efficient sources ...

Catechol oxidases are ubiquitous plant enzymes containing a dinuclear copper center. In the wound-response mechanism of the plant they catalyze the oxidation of a broad range of ortho-diphenols to ...

Laboratoire Hydrogéologie, Argiles, Sols et Altérations, UMR6269-CNRS, Université de Poitiers, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France, Mineralogy & Environments, LGCA - Maison des ...