A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers have successfully achieved the living polymerization of polymers with aligned helical structures. In this process, optically ...

"On short timescales, glass behaves much like a solid. But the liquidlike structure of glass means that over a long enough ...

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

Researcher Danqing Liu has been awarded 939,619 euros from the NWO Open Technology Programme (OTP) to improve the interaction between people and ...

Insights into the structures could lead to improved treatment strategies for transthyretin amyloidosis, a progressive, fatal disease in men.

Now, Scripps Research scientists have uncovered new structures of transthyretin. Their findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology on January 22, 2025, show how the three-dimension ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

I was fascinated by the idea of jet packs when I was a kid. They were sci-fi magic, and the idea that you could strap into an ...

Summer jobs in semiconductor technology. The growth of the semiconductor sector and its investments in Finland are increasing the need for new skilled personnel.

I will be glad to turn the page on January, which has been a month of loss for our family, and I hope that the rest of 2025 ...