In the olden days — a mere 20 years ago — people talked about hard colloidal particles and soft vesicles or micelles, which covered all sizes from the micrometre to the nanometre regime. Now we talk ...

The way a key cellular motor works at an atomic level has been uncovered by simulations conducted by RIKEN biophysicists. This finding provides important insights into how mechanical force is ...

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Iran’s Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz The military said it would tighten its grip on the waterway until the U.S. ended its blockade of Iranian ports, adding to the ...

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We read about Robert Smalls, the slave who sailed himself to freedom and then became the first black Navy captain during the American Civil War, five years before the first Memorial Day. Black leaders ...