Chemical scaffolds guide fluorescing bacteria into precisely defined three-dimensional spiral patterns

The nightmarish effects of strychnine are nothing compared to its systematic name, which hints at how difficult it is to make

Gold microcapsules with air-filled cavities act as contrast agent for ultrasound and photothermically activated drug for cancer

Rotational transitions induced in molecules on a chip could have important applications in quantum computing

How the simplest molecule – H2 – governed the cosmological development of our universe

Thirdhand smoke re-emitted from surfaces could pose long-term health risk while firsthand smoke does damage in minutes

Simple, energy-efficient process for producing high-quality fuels from biomass

Holes that are too small to transmit light, can be encouraged to do so with dyes and photon-plasmon coupling

A micro-supercapacitor that can be woven like a thread could lead to clothing that creates and stores energy

Material in which capped covalent bonds repeatedly reattach allows fully separated pieces to be fused back together