Cells have internal “growth switches” that respond to nutrient availability—especially amino acids. When food is plentiful, cells accelerate protein synthesis...

Sparkling water is often positioned as a soda alternative, but a new experimental study suggests the details matter: unsweetened sparkling...

A new chemical toolkit unveiled in Nature Chemistry could make it easier to customize DNA and RNA molecules for diagnostics,...

Chemists have long used single-electron transfer to activate tough molecules and link them into more complex structures. But a stubborn...

A new study is sharpening a long-debated connection in Earth science: how the chemistry of seawater records itself inside the...

A new kind of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) catalyst is drawing attention for hydrogen production, using a “dual-site” concept to overcome...

Soil moisture is a quiet driver of major risks—shaping crop growth, drought evolution, flood potential, and the daily exchange of...

Environmental pollution is accelerating as manufacturing, industry, and daily life expand, and one stubborn contributor is volatile organic compounds (VOCs)....

High entropy alloys have emerged as a powerful materials platform, built from multiple principal elements in a single system. Among...

Lead is a highly toxic, long-lived metal that can accumulate in ecosystems and human tissues. Because even trace levels can...