A study suggests atoms can bond not only with electrons in their outer shells, but also via those in their supposedly sacrosanct inner shells Most of us learned in high school chemistry class that ...

Celebrate the first day of summer by learning how seashells form and what they can tell us Megan Kalomiris Not only is this regal murex seasnail shell stunning in appearance, but the stark contrast ...

Researchers have for the first time unravelled the complex structure of the inner protein shell of HIV. The US team, reporting in Nature, also worked out exactly how all the components of the shell or ...