Alcoholism in the family affects how your brain switches between active and resting states
Credit: James Steinberg WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- You don't have to be a drinker for your brain to be affected by alcoholism. A new study...
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First artificial enzyme created with two non-biological groups
Credit: Reuben Leveson-Gower Scientists at the University of Groningen turned a non-enzymatic protein into a new, artificial enzyme by adding two abiological catalytic components: an...
Sensitive and specific potassium nanosensors to detect epileptic seizures
A filter membrane on nanosensors enables the accurate sensing of potassium levels in the brain and helps to elucidate when and how epileptic seizures happenCredit:...
Sensory perception is not superficial brain work
Credit: Remi Gau If we cross a road with our smartphone in view, a car horn or engine noise will startle us. In everyday life...
Quantum fluctuations sustain the record superconductor
Superconductivity approaching room temperature may be possible in hydrogen-rich compounds at much lower pressures than previously expectedCredit: Ion Errea. UPV/EHU Reaching room-temperature superconductivity is one...
Quantum technologies: New insights into superconducting processes
Physicists demonstrate energy quantization in high-temperature superconductors / Study in "Nature Communications"Credit: Martin Wolff The development of a quantum computer that can solve problems, which...
Experimental measurement of the quantum geometric tensor using coupled qubits in diamond
Credit: ©Science China Press The quantum geometric tensor represents a central and ubiquitous concept in quantum mechanics, by characterizing the geometric structure of the Hilbert...
Investigational drugs didn’t slow cognitive decline in rare, inherited Alzheimer’s, initial analysis indicates
Top-line data reported from international trialCredit: Huy Mach/Washington University An international clinical trial evaluating whether two investigational drugs can slow memory loss and cognitive decline...
‘Rule breaking’ plants may be climate change survivors
Credit: Dr Annabel Smith Plants that break some of the 'rules' of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have a higher chance of surviving...
A convex-optimization-based quantum process tomography method for reconstructing quantum channels
Credit: ©Science China Press Quantum process tomography is often used to completely characterize an unknown quantum process. However, it may lead to an unphysical process...
Common medication may lower risk of ‘broken heart’ during bereavement
Credit: Pixabay The increased risk of heart attack or "a broken heart" in early bereavement could be reduced by using common medication in a novel...
Mass spectrometry for precision medicine — Berlin’s research leaders pool their expertise
Approx. €5.7 million in funding for a new research coreCredit: Sattler/Charité Research groups from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular...
Oblique electrostatic inject-deposited TiO2 film leads efficient perovskite solar cells
A collaborative research team from Kanazawa University, Waseda University, and Tokai university reports a simple new approach to electrostatic layer deposition for preparing low-cost solar...
Statins: Researchers uncover how cholesterol-lowering drugs cause muscle pain
Credit: Microscope imaging: Jenny Vanessa Valbuena Perez Patients who take statins in order to lower their blood cholesterol levels often complain about muscle problems, typically...
Geothermal energy: Drilling a 3,000 meters deep well
Researchers from the University of Geneva have studied the seismic activity recorded during the drilling of a geothermal well and shown that it did not...
