Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure.

After a marathon debate over a pair of studies that show how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals one of the studies was finally and fully published today (May 3, 2012) in the journal Nature

Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.

Liquid crystal droplets could replace horseshoe crab blood in common endotoxin test The Food and Drug Administration requires every drug they certify to be tested for certain poisons that damage patient health. The current gold standard for