Beyond the ink: Painting with physics
Falling from the tip of a brush suspended in mid-air, an ink droplet touches a painted surface and blossoms into a masterpiece of ever-changing beauty....
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Mining the treasures locked away in produced water
In an ironic twist, a treasure trove of critical minerals is dumped out with water considered too polluted and expensive to clean.Credit: Texas A&M Engineering...
EU funding for outstanding early-career researcher Pieter Gunnink
Dr. Pieter Gunnink from the Institute of Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been awarded a EUR 190,000 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship by...
New antibodies target “dark side” of influenza virus protein
WHAT: Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored...
ICIQ researchers observe the effect of magnetic fields on electrocatalytic processes
On September 30, 1845, Michael Faraday wrote in his diary “Considering the nature of the relation between magnetic and electric forces, I think it must...
Umbrella for atoms: The first protective layer for 2D quantum materials
The race to create increasingly faster and more powerful computer chips continues as transistors, their fundamental components, shrink to ever smaller and more compact sizes....
New type of metallacrown ether, polyoxometalatocrown ether, opens research opportunities
Crown ethers were discovered in 1967. They were then modified by adding a metal-containing unit creating metallacrown ethers. These metallacrown ethers have been the subject...
Convergent evolution of algal CO2-fixing organelles
Tsukuba, Japan—Plants and algae fix carbon through photosynthesis, which converts CO2 to organic carbon. This biological process is catalyzed by the Rubisco enzyme, the most abundant...
A protective human monoclonal antibody targeting a conserved site of spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has caused serious damage to public health and the global economy, and one strategy to combat COVID-19 has...
Scientists reveal how our cells’ leaky batteries are making us sick
Researchers have discovered how “leaky” mitochondria – the powerhouses of our cells – can drive harmful inflammation responsible for diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Scientists may...
Precision pulmonary medicine: Penn engineers target lung disease with lipid nanoparticles
Penn Engineers have developed a new means of targeting the lungs with lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the miniscule capsules used by the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...
It’s not only opposites that attract – new study shows like-charged particles can come together
‘Opposites charges attract; like charges repel’ is a fundamental principle of basic physics. But a new study from Oxford University, published today in Nature Nanotechnology,...
Scientists make nanoparticles dance to unravel quantum limits
The question of where the boundary between classical and quantum physics lies is one of the longest-standing pursuits of modern scientific research and in new...
Discovery of proteins associated with the progression of dialysis-related amyloidosis
Niigata, Japan –Dialysis patients often develop dialysis-related amyloidosis and exhibit bone and joint disorders that impair their activity of daily living (Figure 1). Blood purification...
Notre Dame literacy research can improve learning outcomes and fight global poverty
A new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers makes a significant contribution to understanding the factors that influence how young elementary...
