Artificial intelligence has been used to replicate fragrances more quickly than conventional methods, even taking into account how a scent fades over time
Many people experience ongoing pain even after a urinary tract infection has supposedly passed. Now, research suggests this may be due to an overgrowth of nerve cells in their bladders
Cosmic dust grains may be small, but they are mighty – it turns out dust is crucial to just about every process that occurs in space
A fear of predators may have helped many animals recognise when they weren't there. Now, it seems humans built on this understanding of absence to utilise the concept of "zero"
Readers provide an update on a band keratopathy project, share their love… and then there’s fireworks
Readers reminsce about the launch of Chemistry World 20 years ago, and ponder the problems of decarbonisation, PFAS and fireworks
Amid concerns that China is an unreliable or untrustworthy research partner, the White House allows 45-year-old arrangement to lapse
As part of a lawsuit against OpenAI, billionaire Elon Musk has asked a court to determine whether GPT-4 is an artificial general intelligence, capable of human-level tasks
PFAS discharges from US plant denied community access to safe water, UN advisors assert
Since Brexit, the UK no longer has access to ITER, the world's largest nuclear fusion experiment, through the European Union. After an invitation to rejoin this week, the UK government has confirmed it prefers to go it alone
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A skeuomorph, derived from the Greek skeuos, meaning container or tool, and morphe, meaning shape, refers to a design element retaining attributes of older structures that are redundant in the current form. These elements serve to imbue novelty with familiarity, aiding users in understanding new devices or systems. They’re not solely functional; aesthetic considerations often … Continue reading "What’s a skeuomorph, anyway?"
Strategy of multiple, Moderna-made mRNA shots to hone powerful antibodies hits a pothole
U.S. Geological Survey will continue reporting farm use of some 400 compounds
Spate of incidents at airports is having a “chilling effect” on those seeking U.S. science Ph.D.s
Between 1990 and 2022, obesity rates more than doubled among adults and quadrupled among children and adolescents worldwide
