Chemistry
Extreme precipitation in northeast to increase 52% by the end of the century
With a warmer climate creating more humid conditions in the Northeast, extreme precipitation events — defined as about 1.5 or...
Dual-wavelength lasing: a new tool for steering High-harmonic generation
Multi-wavelength femtosecond pulses with flexible tunability in both temporal and spectral domain have been widely desired owing to their potential...
Symmetry breaking by ultrashort light pulses opens new quantum pathways for coherent phonons
Atoms in a crystal form a regular lattice, in which they can move over small distances from their equilibrium positions....
How insects track odors by navigating microscale winds
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2023 -- How do flying insects like important pollinators locate odor sources in the great outdoors, despite...
The making of a Mona Lisa hologram
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2023 – Holograms are often displayed in science fiction as colorful, life-sized projections. But what seems like...
The next generation of solar energy collectors could be rocks
The next generation of sustainable energy technology might be built from some low-tech materials: rocks and the sun. Using a...
UPR-induced ovarian cancer cell fusion: a mechanism favoring drug resistance?
“UPR modulation in combination with conventional chemotherapeutic drug treatments of ovarian cancer patients could represent an interesting therapeutic strategy ”Credit:...
First measurements of hypernuclei flow at RHIC
UPTON, NY—Physicists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have published the first observation of directed flow of hypernuclei....
Fractons as information storage: Not yet quite tangible, but close
Excitations in solids can also be represented mathematically as quasiparticles; for example, lattice vibrations that increase with temperature can be...
Emerging transmutation of quantum scars in photonic crystals
The study of wave chaos within optical microcavities provides a beautiful avenue to bridge classical and quantum physics. It falls...
‘Noise-cancelling’ qubits developed at UChicago to minimize errors in quantum computers
Despite their immense promise to solve new kinds of problems, today’s quantum computers are inherently prone to error. A small...
Scientists use AI to find promising new antibiotic to fight evasive hospital superbug
Attention editors: Embargoed by the journal Nature Chemical Biology until Thursday, May 25 at 11 a.m. easterCredit: McMaster University Attention...
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw have created a new, highly efficient converter of quantum information carriers
Researchers at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Physics have developed a new, highly efficient technique that makes quantum information...
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New study shows superior reactive oxygen species removal ability of copper coupled to lysozyme
In aerobic organisms, reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydroxide (OH), singlet oxygen (1O2), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and superoxide (O2–)...
Quantum scientists accurately measure power levels one trillion times lower than usual
Scientists in Finland have developed a nanodevice that can measure the absolute power of microwave radiation down to the femtowatt...
Material design by means of defect engineering: German Research Foundation approves new Collaborative Research Center at Mainz University
When we talk about defects, we generally think of flaws or impairments. However, as far as materials science is concerned,...
Saving our soil: How to extend US breadbasket fertility for centuries
May 25, 2023Credit: UMass Amherst May 25, 2023 Saving Our Soil: How to Extend US Breadbasket Fertility for Centuries...
“A blessing in disguise!” Physics turning bad into good
Light is a very delicate and vulnerable property. Light can be absorbed or reflected at the surface of a material...
New method predicts extreme events more accurately
New York, NY—May 23, 2023—With the rise of extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent in our warming climate,...
Quantum matter breakthrough: Tuning density waves
“Cold atomic gases were well known in the past for the ability to ‘program’ the interactions between atoms,” says Professor...
