High levels of cholesterol are linked to heart disease, stroke, and many other health problems. However, this complex and vital fatty, water insoluble molecule—a lipid—is found in every cell of the body and is not all ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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Until recently, Australia's efforts to tackle "forever chemical" pollution focused on highly polluted firefighting and defense sites.
Environment
Dec 18, 2025
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With many people now heavily relying on electronic devices to communicate with others, connecting on a deeper level with others, particularly face-to-face, can prove challenging. Recent nationwide surveys and psychological ...
Researchers have captured real-time "molecular movies" showing how an enzyme changes shape during catalysis. The study was published in Nature Communications.
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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When we think of Venetian glass, our minds leap to the blazing furnaces of Murano, to delicate filigree and the vivid colors of the Renaissance. This iconic and universally recognized image tells only part of the story. For ...
Archaeology
Dec 18, 2025
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UTIs are among the most common bacterial infections worldwide, but inappropriate use and overuse of antibiotics is driving antimicrobial resistance. Once dependable, antibiotics now take longer to work or fail entirely, with ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 18, 2025
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Like their conventional counterparts, quantum computers can also break down. They can sometimes lose the atoms they manipulate to function, which can stop calculations dead in their tracks. But scientists at the US-based ...
New research from the University of St Andrews, Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew present new understandings on the restoration of "lost" tree species.
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2025
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New research from the University of St Andrews, with Oxford Brookes University and the University of Liverpool, has found that business start-up rates are significantly lower in former mining communities.
Economics & Business
Dec 18, 2025
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Ultrashort laser pulses—that are shorter than a millionth of a millionth of a second—have transformed fundamental science, engineering and medicine. Despite this, their ultrashort duration has made them elusive and difficult ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 18, 2025
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