In 2012, Jan Kuras, publishing editor for Chemistry Central, visited me in Bristol. At the time he had helped establish Chemistry Central Journal which was the first broadly based OA (Open Access) journal in chemistry, now rebranded as BMC Chemistry, and I was one of the section editors. We had published two successful article collections…

Abstract Cavity electrodynamics offers a unique avenue for tailoring ground-state material properties, excited-state engineering, and versatile control of quantum matter. Merging these concepts with high-field physics in the terahertz (THz) spectral range opens the door to explore low-energy, field-driven cavity electrodynamics, emerging from fundamental resonances or order parameters. Despite this demand, leveraging the full potential…

Elizabeth Holmes (second from left) was convicted of conspiracy and defrauding investors in her company, Theranos, after overhyping the science behind her work.Credit: Nic Coury/AP/Alamy Sharing scientific discoveries requires as much care as uncovering them, a fact I didn’t fully appreciate until I moved from academia to public relations. Missteps in communication — whether intentional…

There are two staples across the street from USC: the California Science Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC). An affordable and accessible place, the NHMLAC provides plenty of opportunities to experience and learn more about wildlife in an interactive way. From the Nature Gardens which house 600 plant species to…

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Birds live across our entire planet. Around 50 billion of them fill our skies, seas, and landscapes. Each of the 11,000 species expertly adapted for the environments they inhabit. But how did they come to be such an evolutionary triumph? The answer lies with their ancestors. Today’s birds are dinosaurs. They are…

Huge crowds gather in the Spanish city of Pamplona for the Feast of San Fermín.Credit: Danny Lehman/Getty Researchers studying the movement of crowds at a traditional Spanish festival have shown that densely packed groups of people form swirling ‘vortex’ patterns never before documented in human gatherings. The discovery, published on 5 February in Nature1, contrasts…

Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a spotlight on US health disparities, led to increased domestic helicopter research in the country.Credit: Scott Hurd/Alamy ‘Helicopter research’ doesn’t happen just when researchers from rich countries swoop in and exploit the resources of low-income ones — rich universities are increasingly taking advantage of poorer institutions in…

Burien’s Environmental Science Center will host its annual “Heroes for Nature” Gala from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, at the Brockey Center at South Seattle College. The event, dedicated to celebrating the beauty of nature and the power of education, science, and community, will feature an elegant evening of fundraising, networking, and environmental advocacy. The gala kicks…

The headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.Credit: Getty The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.…

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the first time in 2024.Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital The first clinical trial testing whether pig kidneys can be safely transplanted into living people has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As part of the…