Elements in focus: helium
Helium: gas of awe, wonder, and worry. Is it time to give this noble gas the respect it deserves?
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Helium: gas of awe, wonder, and worry. Is it time to give this noble gas the respect it deserves?
How can AI systems like those developed to beat humans at games help unlock the secrets of protein function?
A negative result from a medical test means you definitely don’t have the condition, right? Wrong: it depends on the false negative rate of the test and on your individual risk.
The rush to find treatments for COVID-19 led to a badly flawed clinical trial influencing medical treatment worldwide. What went wrong?
A study of 200 million-year-old teeth from the earliest mammals provides fascinating insight into how they lived.
Fusion and fission: both release energy, but how do these processes differ and what are the implications for electricity generation?
Ever wondered what the weather is like on planets outside our solar system? Scientists have recently discovered an exoplanet where it rains iron!
How have scientists been working to tackle COVID-19 during the pandemic? This interview from European XFEL gives some interesting insight.
Beyond the five senses: Some bacteria can sense magnetic fields. Learn how they do this and how this could help us design nanorobots.
How do discoveries happen in science? Despite popular stories of ‘eureka moments’, the reality is usually much more complex.
Elements in focus: helium
From gaming to cutting-edge biology: AI and the protein folding problem
How to understand a COVID-19 test result
Clinical trials count on more than statistics
Ancient tiny teeth reveal first mammals lived more like reptiles
Fusion vs fission
ESO telescope observes exoplanet where it rains iron
Pulling together: a collaborative research approach to study COVID-19
Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots
Discovery and controversy: stories from the chemical elements