Our squishy, salty brains are capable of doing incredible things — from commanding us to walk to solving complex questions about our world. Scientists and science-fiction authors alike have yearned to ...

A new class of pH-sensitive polymer vesicles formed from diblock copolymers could potentially be used as nanosized drug- and protein-delivery vehicles, according to the researchers in England who ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered how to transfer the optical properties of silicon crystal sensors to plastic, an achievement that could lead to the development ...

Controlled release The vial on the left contains a solution with a fluorescent pigment bound within a mechanophore. In the vial on the right, the pigment has been released from the mechanophore by ...