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A common carbon compound is enabling remarkable performance enhancements when mixed in just the right proportion with copper to make electrical wires. It’s a phenomenon that defies conventional wisdom about how metals conduct electricity.

Researchers have found the first evidence linking seemingly random ocean weather systems to the climate on a global scale.

Scientists have engineered bacteria to make a key ingredient of plastics and a carotenoid used in pharmaceuticals simultaneously, from an underutilized plant fiber.

Worldwide, more than one billion people are obese. Weight loss via intermittent energy restriction results in synchronized changes throughout brain-gut microbiome axis.

Researchers have identified an enzyme that blocks insulin produced in the body—a discovery that could provide a new target to treat diabetes.

Georgia Tech materials engineers have unraveled the mechanism that causes degradation of a promising new material for solar cells — and they’ve been able to stop it using a thin layer of molecules that repels water.

A new technique to clone and reassemble DNA, dubbed CReATiNG, could simplify and lower the cost of making synthetic chromosomes. Potential applications are numerous, including pharmaceutical production, biofuel generation, and cancer therapies.

A new study has found changes in the microbiome in multiple locations in the body are linked to the formation of kidney stones. The research team examined the gut, urinary and salivary microbiomes in 83 patients who had kidney stones.

University of Virginia Alzheimer’s researchers have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding which could lead to new treatments.

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a stealth molecular weapon that plants use to attack the cells of invading gray mold.