IEEE Photonics Society in search for Editor-in-Chief
The IEEE Photonics Society invites applications and nominations for the volunteer position of Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Photonics Journal, delivered through IEEE’s research digital...
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The life below our feet: team discovers microbes thriving in groundwater and producing oxygen in the dark
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In a study published today in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, researchers at the University of Toronto reveal a theoretical breakthrough that may...
For experimental physicists, quantum frustration leads to fundamental discovery
AMHERST, Mass. – A team of physicists, including University of Massachusetts assistant professor Tigran Sedrakyan, recently announced in the journal Nature that they have discovered...
Photosynthesis, key to life on Earth, starts with a single photon
Using a complex cast of metal-studded pigments, proteins, enzymes, and co-enzymes, photosynthetic organisms can convert the energy in light into the chemical energy for life....
Metamaterials with built-in frustration have mechanical memory
Researchers from the UvA Institute of Physics and ENS de Lyon have discovered how to design materials that necessarily have a point or line where...
New research on homelessness in Ireland highlights urgent need for more supports
Homelessness levels are continuing to rise in most of Europe, but Ireland is unique in the severity of recent national spikes in homelessness. According to...
A novel technique to observe colloidal particle degradation in real time
In the early 2000s, scientists from the UK made a worrisome discovery that the oceans are teeming with small particles of plastic (less than one...
New diagnostic finds intact sperm in infertile men
In a recent study, researchers created a diagnostic test to identify functional sperm in infertile men that could change the treatment of male infertility and assisted...
Dr. Jonathan Weinsaft named chief of the Greenberg Division of Cardiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
NEW YORK (June 14, 2023)— Dr. Jonathan Weinsaft, an esteemed physician-scientist who focuses on clinical research and cardiovascular imaging, has been appointed chief of the...
It’s the combination that matters: oatmeal- plus maggi seasoning-odor results in walnut aroma
A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has analyzed the aroma of walnut kernels and...
Shining potential of missing atoms
Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted by defects in the atomically thin insulator hexagonal boron...
Researchers achieve coherent control of two-dimensional material solid-state spin defects
A team led by Prof. GUO Guangcan, with the collaborative efforts from Wigner Research Centre for Physics, revealed a new approach to discovering a new...
Scientists develop novel biosensing-membrane for glucose detection and monitoring
Glucose oxidase (GOx)-based biosensors have attracted much attention for their potential in rapid glucose detection and continuous monitoring, which are crucial for disease diagnosis and...
Cutting back on social media reduces anxiety, depression, loneliness
AMES, IA — Last month, the American Psychological Association and the U.S. Surgeon General both issued health advisories. Their concerns and recommendations for teens, parents...
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