Researchers uncover a popular electronic material’s extraordinary ability to bend when exposed to light, opening new design options for microdevices and optomechanics.

A molecule found in Aedes mosquito saliva modulates the host body’s immune response during chikungunya infection, highlighting that mosquitoes may be more than just viral carriers.

Tiny chemical houses get a new engineering blueprint for building more orderly, robust and light-responsive structures that facilitate industrially relevant light-driven reactions.

A novel RNA-based molecular tool offers an innovative way to detect, amplify and respond to genetic signals within cells with unprecedented modularity.

Icy shocks turn atomic flaws into a performance advantage for magnesium-ion batteries, advancing them as safer and cheaper energy storage options.

A novel broad-spectrum drug candidate stalls replication of several SARS-CoV-2 variants and other coronaviruses, with the potential to boost preparedness against future pandemics.

Researchers develop a rapid colour-changing microlaser with phase-changing perovskites and a novel light trap, opening new possibilities in optical communications and sensing.

Soft textures, fibrous structures and improved protein digestibility—plant-based meat products could have these all, when processed using the right concentration and type of enzyme.

Just by seeing the starting state and end goal, AI models could predict how to complete a task by filling in the unknown steps and focusing only on the actions that matter.

A molecular reshuffling strategy allows access to otherwise blocked sites on polystyrene’s structure, enabling the transformation of a major form of plastic waste into a new class of high-value chemicals.