173 million deliveries in 31 hours? We look at the science behind Santa's Technosleigh and what makes Rudolph's nose glow

Germany enters as the tenth country involved in the pre-construction phase of the world’s largest telescope

Surface immobilization of functional groups achieved by radical grafting to carbon-based interfaces

Planned boycott of rankings of the German Chemistry Departments at the Universities

US researchers have created a DNA-based hydrogel with unique mechanical features useful in electronics or for medical purposes

A new isomer of a higher fullerene, Cs-C82 (4), captured by chlorination and characterized

Polymer gel microcapsules can oscillate in and out depending on pH, offering potential for regular, self-medicating devices

The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics has been awarded to Wolfgang Helfrich and Carlos Bustamante

Proteins have existed for billions of years, yet their photolytically weak sulfide bridges can be cleaved by light, so how do they persist?

What are the basic principles and rules of academic research?