Chemistry

Wax moth larvae can consume and degrade polyethylene at an impressive rate

The U.S. Forest Service could begin using fire shelters made with NASA heat-shield technology as early as this summer 

A new nanoparticle coating technique prints text that lasts up to five days 

Recognition of the risks posed by UV rays has motivated scientists to study what’s going on in our cells when they’re in the sun—and devise modern ways to ward off that damage

A shiny new chemistry activity

Recipes for concrete that incorporate by-products from the coal and steel industries, like fly ash and slag, could reduce road salt–related cracking. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Volcanic springs and deep-ocean vents get new evidence

A flashy project from Science Buddies

Even in salmon season the bears eat lots of plants—and later gorge mostly on salmon brains

A purely scientific project

A promising treatment that uses MDMA could help people suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder 

New movies of drug proteins or photosynthesis in action, shot in millionths of a billionth of a second, show how the molecules work—or fail