In Short

Wouldn't it be great to have a molecule named after you? But perhaps not this week's compound, the chemical...

Hayley Birch discovers the compound that opened up a wing of the periodic table for reactions: Xenon hexafluoroplatinate

Concussion is a problem in many sports, but there are ways you can spot them on the pitch.

A new layer for solar cells has been developed to cool them and improve their efficiency.

Fidgeting could add years to your life

Planned for 2024, the European-Extremely Large Telescope will be the biggest in the world

A new form of 3D-printing has been used to turn out replicas of a patient's organs.

Scientists in America have helped a paralysed man to take his first steps in over 5 years.

How do the parasitic worms that transmit diseases like elephantitis invade the body?

Does being a good parent shorten your lifespan? Yes, at least if you're a burying beetle.

Raychelle Burks finds out how Potbelly's patrons became poisoning patients, in the mystery of the sodium azide-...

Endangered elephants have fewer offspring if their mothers are stressed when they are born

In this week's podcast, Matt Gunther reveals the toxic history of gelsemine

In this week's podcast, Raychelle Burks tells us of the cool but warming effects of methyl salicylate, better...

A molecular signature in blood informs of the risk of developing age related diseases.

Children who grow up in dusty farm environments are shielded from developing allergies

It's at the heart of the first chemical equation, and makes Hayley Birch think of quiche. This week's...

Cambridge based company aim to develop a completely sustainable highway in West Georgia

Why do the Blue Ridged Mountains inspire so many songs? Maybe it's because of the Isoprene that gives them their...

Even if a clock is accurate to the millisecond, could this be lost over transmission?

The molecular processes which form 'hidden memories' have recently been discovered...

New research suggests that dogs evolved following climate change.

Emilie Steinmark tells us about gluten and gluten intolerance