Copper Doorknobs as Germ Assassins
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Copper surfaces are valuable, but not infallible, in killing disease-causing microbes left on them. […]
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3 Makers of World’s Smallest Machines Awarded Nobel Prize in ...
By KENNETH CHANG and SEWELL CHAN Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa won for their […]
3 Makers of World’s Smallest Machines Awarded Nobel Prize in ...
By KENNETH CHANG and SEWELL CHAN Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa won for their […]
3 Who Studied Unusual States of Matter Win Nobel Prize ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE and SEWELL CHAN David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz were […]
A Roller Coaster Remedy for Kidney Stones?
By STEPH YIN Research shows that an amusement park ride that makes the heart leap and fingertips tingle […]
From Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, a Universe of Discoveries
By DENNIS OVERBYE and MICHAEL ROSTON Mauna Kea’s telescopes have helped advance important discoveries in humanity’s study of […]
Under Hawaii’s Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground
By DENNIS OVERBYE The effort to build the Thirty Meter Telescope has been held up by Hawaiians who […]
America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou
By JIM ROBBINS A herd in the Selkirk Mountains near the Canadian border is down to about a […]
Yoshinori Ohsumi Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
By SEWELL CHAN A Japanese cell biologist, Dr. Ohsumi was recognized for his work on autophagy, the process […]
Scientists: World Likely Won’t Avoid Dangerous Warming Mark
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A team of top scientists is telling world leaders to stop congratulating themselves on […]