Expanding a child’s heart implant with light
DENVER, Aug. 19, 2024 — Children born with defects that impair the heart’s lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The...
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Improving access to heart-failure screening with saliva
DENVER, Aug. 19, 2024 — Heart failure is a leading cause of death worldwide and is especially fatal for people who don’t have access to...
Peering into the mind of artificial intelligence to make better antibiotics
DENVER, Aug. 18, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded in popularity. It powers models that help us drive vehicles, proofread emails and even design...
Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes
DENVER, Aug. 18, 2024 — If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or...
Researchers develop an instant version of trendy, golden turmeric milk
DENVER, Aug. 18, 2024 — If you’ve visited a trendy café in the past few years, you might have noticed “golden” turmeric milk on the...
Researchers make breakthrough in fight against COVID-19
A team led by Jose Onuchic at Rice University and Paul Whitford at Northeastern University, both researchers at the National Science Foundation Physics Frontiers Center...
Underground event marks excavation completion on colossal caverns for underground neutrino laboratory, DUNE
Lead, SD (Aug. 15, 2024) — A ribbon-cutting event was held today at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, S.D. to mark the...
New twist on synthesis technique developed at Rice promises sustainable manufacturing
James Tour’s lab at Rice University has developed a new method known as flash-within-flash Joule heating (FWF) that could transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state...
Nitrogen interventions as a key to better health and robust ecosystems
The Earth’s nitrogen cycle is among the most heavily exceeded planetary boundaries. Agricultural production and fossil fuel burning release nitrogen pollutants like ammonia (NH3), nitrogen...
Faster than one pixel at a time – new imaging method for neutral atomic beam microscopes developed by Swansea researchers
Microscope images could be obtained much more quickly - rather than one pixel at a time - thanks to a new imaging method for neutral...
The Ultrafast Science Journal announces the recipients of the 2nd Women in Ultrafast Science Global Award
We are honored to announce the recipients of the 2nd Women in Ultrafast Science Global Award.Credit: Ultrafast Science We are honored to announce the recipients of...
IOP Publishing hosts Progress In Physics 2024 – a two-day hybrid conference focused on condensed matter physics
The Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing (IOPP) are launching Progress In Physics 2024, a two-day hybrid workshop hosted at the Institute of Physics’ office in...
Exploring Huntington’s disease, researchers discover that protein aggregates poke holes in nuclear membrane
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have identified a new way in which the toxic protein aggregates associated with Huntington’s disease may damage nerve...
PolyU develops versatile fluidic platform for programmable liquid processing
Society relies heavily on diverse fluidic technologies. The ability toprecisely capture and release various chemical and biological fluids plays a fundamental role in many fields.A long-standing challenge is to design...
Nanohertz gravitational waves are cool but not supercool
Similar to the ripples produced from dropping a stone in water, the collision of large celestial objects, such as black holes, generates gravitational waves –...
