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A dispatch from the cleanroom, where electronics are made: One researcher reflects on success and failure in the scientific process

A fleet of ultra-low temperature tools transports scientists to a microscopic world with huge possibilities for discovery

Between the heavens and Earth: Christopher Nowak’s chemistry journey from exploring interstellar molecules to revolutionizing energy and food production

Just Like Chocolate

OF PAINT AND POLLOCK

Everything goes in and out of Venice on flat barges — no walls, edges, or rails to steady the contents, even when it’s expensive scientific

BUILDING TOOLKITS WITH BIOLOGY

Graduate student Matthew Verosloff, hangs by one arm off a dirt ledge as he leans his body over the edge of a river. His free

DEAR LAB NOTEBOOK …

As a graduate student getting my PhD in chemistry, I’m expected to keep a laboratory notebook. It’s where I document what I do each day:

A Colorful Job

As I stand in an emerald green room beneath a windmill in Zaanse Schans, Netherlands, wearing a canvas smock and disposable gloves, I am front-row

A NEW KIND OF ICE AGE

Using cryoEM, amorphous ice allows scientists to observe specimens in a near-natural state Ice often evokes images of cold drinks on a summer’s day, icicles

UNCOVERING A HIDDEN PICASSO

It’s a Friday morning in the painting conservation offices at the Art Institute of Chicago. I’m ushered through security and brought to a staging room.