A six-year-old girl died in Shanghai in March 2025, seven days after receiving an experimental gene-editing treatment intended to correct a rare mutation affecting brain development, according to a joint investigation published by Science and Retraction Watch on July 23,…
June 5, 2026 — In a first-of-its-kind test, researchers at Anthropic have put their AI, Claude, to the challenge of interpreting NMR spectra—one of chemistry’s most complex and time-consuming analytical tools. Traditionally, chemists painstakingly match peaks in a spectrum to…
A quick picture in your head Shake a bottle of salad dressing. It looks mixed for a moment. Then it splits into two layers again. That split is phase separation. It happens when one mix turns into two parts that…
Nature feels big. Nature feels busy. Scientists use new tools to study it. The tools look small. The ideas feel big. This post shows seven tools. Each tool has a simple idea. Each tool gives clear data. Each tool helps…
Did you know some plastics can carry electricity like metal wires? It’s true – these special plastics are called conductive polymers[1]. They behave a bit like metal (which conducts electricity) while still being lightweight and flexible like ordinary plastic[2]. This…