Real-time data-driven apps create new challenges in the way we structure our programs, especially on mobile. In this article, Toptal Freelance iOS Developer Lucas van Dongen implements an iOS chat app, comparing the classic MVC approach with a static immutable MVVM pattern.

Hydrogel electrodes could improve the accuracy of readings from heart and nerve cells

Many of the young, chemistry-based companies C&EN is tracking made headlines in the past year

Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech is writing the rules for protein degradation

Creating low-energy reflective displays—with color and video

Challenging the 75-year-old process for making hydrogen peroxide

Writing an application is only part of the story. In order for it to be of value, it needs deploying somewhere it can scale; it has to run with high availability, have backups, and so on. Deployment and infrastructure management isn’t a simple process. And Terraform does nothing to hide the complexity. However, it does make your infrastructure declarative and reproducible, like your code.

Instrument makers and academia’s analytical researchers need each other, but speed bumps sometimes mark the way

Conference of black chemists and chemical engineers encourages connections, from high school students through university presidents

The cells provide more disease-relevant information than commonly used cancer cell lines

Researchers engineer broad-acting antibodies to fight multiple types of flu

This formulation chemist turned cosmetics entrepreneur whips up bold fragrances and daring lip colors

Polymer deposited on the fine features of plant surfaces produces high surface-area films for supercapacitors

Brines and metal-rich minerals could reduce CO₂ to make alcohols and more

Purdue University professor says the journal focus on emerging trends in the field

Critics say agreement is vague and fails to target a cut in plastics production

The third quarter saw specialties trend higher amid strong demand across many markets

Node 8 has brought significant performance and feature upgrades. Should you use it on new projects? Is it worth upgrading existing codebases? In this article, Toptal Freelance JavaScript Developer Youssef Sherif gives a tour of Node 8's biggest changes and what they mean for your project.

The deal will expand the therapeutic scope of the neurodegenerative compounds

Empire State University today announced a new Division of Linear Algebra and Information. It is the university’s largest program change in decades and helps secure its status among the country’s top Linear Algebra research and training hubs. “The division will enable students and researchers to tackle not just the scientific challenges opened up by pervasive […]

Adding spiky particles to immunotherapy and vaccines could improve their efficacy

The partners will look for targets that help tumor cells hide from the immune system

They’re not exactly scientific, but they are entertaining

The structure is the smallest known biological reaction chamber found

Entity Framework is a great tool, but in some cases its performance is slow. One such case arises when complex queries use "Contains". Join Toptal .​NET Developer Anton Shkuratov in exploring how performance issues can be mitigated and finding the best approach to this type of complex queries.