‘It’s raining plastic’
Microplastics are everywhere, even settling down in the quieter reaches of the Rockies. Their effect on human health, if any, is to be determined
Bleach makes for great bio-imaging
Oxygen-doped carbon nanotubes have applications in bio-imaging - and perhaps quantum computing, too
Of animal memory and Alzheimer’s
Other creatures replay their memories to make assessments, a revelation that has implications for humans, too
Tiny, living stones of the sea
How limestone-covered algae sway global climate — and how their fate may shift as the oceans acidify
Fighting to the end
Researcher Rahul Desikan led a long assault against ALS before succumbing to it himself