An international team at the world's largest X-ray laser European XFEL at Schenefeld near Hamburg has scrutinized the properties of an important nanogel that is often used in medicine to release ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-european-xfel-elicits-secrets-important.html
Inspired by what human liver enzymes can do, Scripps Research chemists have developed a new set of copper-catalyzed organic synthesis reactions for building and modifying pharmaceuticals and othe...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-copper-catalyzed-strategy.html
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and their international collaborators have recently developed a new method for efficiently extracti...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-cosmological-galaxy-surveys.html
An international collaboration of researchers, led by Philip Walther at University of Vienna, have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum technology, with the successful demonstration of ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-compact-quantum-advances-optical.html
Many plant-based meats have seemingly done the impossible by recreating animal products ranging from beef to seafood. But beyond just the taste and texture, how do these products compare to the r...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-based-steaks-cold-lacking-protein.html
For most stars, neutron stars and black holes are their final resting places. When a supergiant star runs out of fuel, it expands and then rapidly collapses on itself. This act creates a neutron ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-merging-nuclear-physics-astronomical-advance.html
Using firm-level data from the global supply network, researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) quantified countries' exposure to production losses caused by firm defaults in other countr...
Tectonically active mountains play an important role in the natural CO2 regulation of the atmosphere. Competing processes take place here: At Earth's surface, erosion drives weathering processes ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-italian-central-apennines-source-co8322.html
New archaeological investigations in Guatemala reveal that ancient Maya peoples did not just passively watch their dynastic systems collapse at the end of the Classic period. They actively rework...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-royal-reveals-maya-regime.html
Tohoku University researchers have unveiled a new means of predicting how to synthesize new materials via the ion-exchange. Based on computer simulations, the method significantly reduces the tim...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-materials-ion-exchange-method.html
New research finds that modern weather models can accurately predict satellite movements due to the energy emitted and reflected by the Earth. In addition to weather prediction, weather models ca...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-weather-satellite-displacements.html
Is it possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue? Researchers from Michigan State University say yes, and their latest finding...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-standards-nanoparticles-patients-ms-als.html
Have you ever wondered if there are more insects out at night than during the day?
Earthquakes and landslides are famously difficult to predict and prepare for. By studying a miniature version of the ground in the lab, scientists at the UvA Institute of Physics have demonstrate...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-trigger-mini-earthquakes-lab.html
Janelia scientists and collaborators have reached another milestone in connectomics, unveiling a comprehensive wiring diagram of the fruit fly visual system. The work has been released on the pre...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-believing-scientists-reveal-connectome-fruit.html
A heart attack will leave a permanent scar on a human heart, yet other animals, including some fish and amphibians, can clear cardiac scar tissue and regrow damaged muscle as adults.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-zebrafish-regenerate-heart-tissue-fish.html
Scientists have created conducting two-dimensional polymers exhibiting electron mobility comparable to graphene. Their research has been featured in the online edition of Chem.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-semiconductors-featuring-ultrafast-electrons.html
Monash University biologists have shed light on the intricate molecular mechanisms that are responsible for gene silencing induced by expanded repeats in an international study published today in...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-uncovering-key-players-gene-silencing.html
You'd be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn't require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back 10 years to realize how quickly things have changed.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-prisoners-years-smartphone-struggle-life.html
Bayreuth researchers shed light on the natural evidence for the occurrence and function of networks of fungi and plants—so-called mycorrhizal networks. Through this "Wood Wide Web," plants can ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-mycoheterotrophic-key-wood-wide-web.html
Thanks to the dizzying growth of cosmic observations and measurement tools and some new advancements (primarily the "discovery" of what we call dark matter and dark energy) all against the backdr...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-technical-trials-easing-cosmological-tension.html
Until now, the generation and storage of electricity from solar energy has been dependent on various devices, leading to conversion losses. That may change soon, as chemists at Friedrich-Alexande...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-hydrocarbon-molecule-supplier-energy-storage.html
EPFL researchers have developed the first comprehensive model of the quantum-mechanical effects behind photoluminescence in thin gold films; a discovery that could drive the development of solar ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-comprehensive-unravels-quantum-mechanical-effects.html
Earth's magnetic field protects us from the dangerous radiation of space, but it is not as permanent as we might believe. Scientists at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly present new...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cosmic-rays-streamed-earth-atmosphere.html
A team of geologists and planetary scientists from the California Institute of Technology, the University of California Santa Cruz, New York University, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center repor...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-io-volcanoes-billion-years.html
Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened. Two decades of continual observa...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-antarctic-deep-sea-contribute-north.html
Observing proteins precisely within cells is extremely important for many branches of research but has been a significant technical challenge—especially in living cells, as the required fluores...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cells-method-simultaneous-fluorescent-proteins.html
What is the mass of a neutrino at rest? This is one of the big unanswered questions in physics. Neutrinos play a central role in nature. A team led by Klaus Blaum, Director at the Max Planck Inst...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ghost-particle-scales-precise-neutrino.html
Finding water on distant planets and moons in our solar system is a challenge, especially when the instrument is thousands of kilometers away from the surface, but scientists presenting at the Eu...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-unraveling-mysteries-earth-ground-penetrating.html
Remember #BabyShark? And no, this was not the very catchy song for kids that took the internet by storm. Earlier this year, social media was abuzz with stunning footage of a newborn great white s...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-baby-white-sharks-closer-shore.html