Order doesn’t always form perfectly—and those imperfections can be surprisingly powerful. In materials like liquid crystals, tiny “defects” emerge when symmetry breaks, shaping everything from cosmic ...

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually giving rise to plants, animals, and fungi. But one major puzzle remained: how ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a workhorse for quantifying nucleic acids across a range of applications, including biomanufacturing and clinical research for viral titer, vector copy number, ...