As the clouds clear on computational crystal structure prediction, is the technique ready to empower mainstream materials research? James Mitchell Crow reports ...

Ubiquinone, a metabolite critical to generating energy in cells, has long been thought to be the only mitochondrial electron transport chain carrier in mammals. Although other electron transporters ...

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible threat to the food we eat ...

Particle-accelerator study focuses on the r-process thought to be responsible for forming elements heavier than iron ...

In a nutshell Scientists have developed a powerful new microscope called SMART-EM that can record real-time videos of individual atoms and molecules during chemical reactions, something that was ...