Shaping light like never before – with photonic time crystals
image: A THz electromagnetic wave induces strong, fast temporal modulations that realize a photonic time crystal: a crystal lattice in time for photon. view more Credit:...
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New-deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately
We show that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans’ Administration (VA) mortgage programmes had few Black borrowers and proportionate foreign-born borrowers in their early...
Ultrasensitive detection of alpha-synuclein oligomers in human plasma using optimized nano-QuIC
Jeong, H., Christenson, P.R., Ahn, H. et al. Ultrasensitive detection of alpha-synuclein oligomers in human plasma using optimized nano-QuIC. npj Parkinsons Dis. (2026).
Perpendicular switching of polarization in layered ferroelectrics
Ferroelectric materials exhibit a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by an electric field1, a property central to non-volatile memories2,3, sensors4 and actuators5,6. In...
Shining a light on constructing blood supply systems for artificial tissues
video: Concept of meniscus-guided interfacial ring-by-ring assembly for in situ fabrication of tubular hydrogels view more Credit: 2026, Yuki Kamiya et al., Meniscus-Guided Interfacial Ring-by-Ring Assembly...
The world smells different in Parkinson’s disease
Andelman-Gur, M.M., Shushan, S., Snitz, K. et al. The world smells different in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinsons Dis. (2026).
LorMe: a unified framework for standardized microbiome analysis
image: Overview of the analytical workflow implemented in LorMe view more Credit: Ningqi Wang, Yaozhong Zhang, Xinrui Yangon, et al. Microbial ecology research is generating unprecedented...
Beyond bunny tourism: the hidden consequences of unregulated feeding of rabbits on Okunoshima Island
image: The illustration depicts an unusual event observed on Okunoshima Island, where wild boars have been seen capturing rabbits. Researchers suggest that tourist feeding, high rabbit...
Chicken kidney sponge could be ‘outstanding’ at cleaning up polluted ports
image: Specimen of the chicken kidney sponge Chondrosia reniformis transplanted into the harbor view more Credit: Carlota Escarré Ports rank among the most disturbed marine environments. Pollutants...
Sensing-storage monolithically integrated system for wearable physiological sensing
image: A sensing-storage monolithically integrated system fabricated using a low-cost solution spin-coating process is reported. This system organically combines a flexible floating-gate organic thin-film transistor...
Low-cost, rare-earth-free material for carbon recycling
image: Iron-substituted calcium titanate (Fe-doped CaTiO3) contains oxygen vacancies and exhibits high oxygen-ion and electronic conductivity, helping accelerate carbon dioxide (CO2) splitting to carbon monoxide...
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers researchers find AI tool helps detect patient deterioration earlier, reducing hospital deaths
Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled early warning system helped identify hospitalized patients at...
Why the hepatitis E virus cannot infect mice
Genetic material is not unpacked It has long been known that the hepatitis E virus cannot establish an infection in mice, but the reasons were...
The increase in fat-free mass during weight loss does not prevent greater than predicted reductions in resting energy expenditure in recreational athletes
Energy restriction and resistance training (RT) are commonly used by athletes to induce body weight and fat losses and improve power to mass ratio. Weight...
Sequential reading of a stepwise-shortened peptide immobilized on nanopore
Accurate decoding of peptide sequences is crucial in proteomics. However, achieving this goal is a technical challenge, owing to the compositional and structural complexity of...