How does glass 'shake' and why does it start flowing when pushed hard enough?

Glassy materials are everywhere, with applications far exceeding windowpanes and drinking glasses. They range from bioactive ...

A tug-of-war explains a decades-old question about how bacteria swim

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...
Nature

Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei. Researchers hope ...
University of California

Rewriting the code: The inside story of the first CRISPR cure

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...