The annual toxic smog that forms over swathes of India and Pakistan is preventable, but the nations’ scientists have too little opportunity to help tackle the problem.
We cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup. A new class of drugs treats pain at the periphery. Here’s what ...
California is banning them in schools. The FDA says they’re fine. But synthetic dyes added to food to make them more colorful have a long, troubled history.
A team of chemists at the University of Cambridge has developed a metal-free way to convert symmetrical diols selectively into one of two mirror-image isomers. In their paper published in the journal ...
Denver’s annual Free Night at the Museums is both a gift and a challenge for cultural bargain hunters. There are 17 museums on the list this year, all inviting visitors to enter at no cost. But the ...