Elements of surprise: neutron stars contribute little, but something’s making gold, research finds
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements in the Periodic Table. Now, not so much ...Credit: Content:...
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The Josep Carreras Institute identifies a marker of poor evolution in Hodgkin’s lymphoma
The marker that allows predicting which patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma will present an aggressive clinical course, and will therefore be a case of special risk.Credit:...
Aiming for accuracy
Researchers say artificial intelligence and machine learning could enhance scientific peer reviewCredit: The University of New Mexico As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world,...
Ultra-fast magnetic switching with potential to transform fibre optical communications
Credit: CRANN, and Trinity College Dublin. Researchers at CRANN and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a new material can...
Successful improvement of the catalytic activity of photosynthetic CO2 fixing enzyme Rubisco
Credit: Credit: Modified Fig. 1A of Matsumura et al. Molecular Plant (2020). A research group consisting of Associate Professor FUKAYAMA Hiroshi (Kobe University, Graduate School...
Single photons from a silicon chip
HZDR team develops novel source for quantum light particlesCredit: HZDR/Juniks Quantum technology holds great promise: Just a few years from now, quantum computers are expected...
Princeton lab discovers small “Cain-and-Abel” molecule
Streptosactin named the first small molecule in the human microbiome to exhibit fratricidal activity.Credit: Figure courtesy of Leah Bushin. A new bacterial molecule with the...
New on/off functionality for fast, sensitive, ultra-small technologies
A research team including Osaka University reports an ultra-small actuator with the fastest on/off switch and most precise position control in the worldCredit: Osaka University...
Newly discovered mechanism regulates myocardial distensibility
Team of researchers studies how oxidative stress influences the elasticity of the heart muscleCredit: Linke Lab A healthy heart beats 50 to 100 times a...
Scientists develop a technique to dynamically curve a photon jet
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with international colleagues have found a simple technique to dynamically curve a photonic jet, turning it into a photonic...
Parkinson’s patient skin samples provide clues to disease mechanism and clinical test
Credit: Eleanor Coffey In a recently published study, researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland...
Ultrahigh energy density transition-metal-free cathodes designed by band structure engineering
Credit: ©Science China Press The growing demands for ultrahigh energy density batteries used in electronic devices, electrical vehicles, and large-scale energy storage have inspired wide...
PhD thesis offers a real-time alternative to dialysis quality monitoring by optical method
Credit: TalTech The primary function of kidneys is to filter blood, removing waste products that build up in a human body. If kidneys are damaged...
HKU Professor Zheng Xiao GUO elected Member of Academia Europaea
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Professor Zheng Xiao GUO, Associate Dean for China & Global of Faculty of Science and Professor of Departments of...
NUS Researchers propose new perspective in nurturing lattice Boltzmann methods
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) share their recent progress in constructing numerical models for fluid mechanics simulations In new bookCredit: World Scientific...