Most chemical reactions perform best when shaken or stirred. Active mixing maximizes the chances that reactant molecules will find one another. But chemists who are exploiting small-volume reactions ...

This press release is also available in German. Testing biological fluids such as blood and urine is essential for both diagnostics and routine checks. In remote, non-industrialized regions or for ...

A test for E. coli bacteria involving sheets of paper patterned by laser may assist doctors in developing countries and low-resource environments to identify infections more rapidly. Developed by the ...

Chiyogami is a style of paper originating in traditional handmade washi, that's decorated with colorful designs taken from nature. It's still made by traditional methods in workshops, some dating back ...