Researchers find clues to the mysterious heating of the sun’s atmosphere

Experimental findings about plasma wave reflection could answer questions about high temperatures. There is a profound mystery in our sun. While the sun’s surface temperature measures around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit,…

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A quick and easy way to produce anode materials

… for sodium-ion batteries using microwaves. The research team led by Dr. Daeho Kim and Dr. Jong Hwan Park at the Nano Hybrid Technology Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology…

Ancient 3D paper art, kirigami, could shape modern wireless technology

Researchers from Univ. of British Columbia and Drexel University Use Kirigami to Create Tunable Radio Antennas from MXene Nanomaterials. The future of wireless technology — from charging devices to boosting…

Fearful memories of others seen in mouse brain

Temporarily silencing brain regions helped scientists pinpoint where different types of memories originate. How do we distinguish threat from safety? It’s a question important not just in our daily lives,…

Possible trigger of Crohn’s disease discovered

Dysfunctional mitochondria disrupt the gut microbiome. Disruptions of mitochondrial functions have a fundamental influence on Crohn’s disease. This connection has now been demonstrated by researchers at the Technical University of…

Intra-molecular distances in biomolecules measured optically with Ångström precision

A team led by physicists Steffen Sahl and Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen and the MPI for Medical Research in Heidelberg has…

Plant stem cells: Better understanding the biological mechanism of growth control

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant growth in conjunction with WOX5. Understanding this mechanism is relevant for breeding…

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Physics and Astronomy

‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million years after the Big Bang….

Researchers find clues to the mysterious heating of the sun’s atmosphere

Experimental findings about plasma wave reflection could answer questions about high temperatures. There is a profound mystery in our sun. While the sun’s surface temperature measures around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit,…

Illuminating quantum magnets: Light unveils magnetic domains

Scientists visualize and control magnetic domains in quantum antiferromagnets. When something draws us in like a magnet, we take a closer look. When magnets draw in physicists, they take a…

Life Sciences and Chemistry

A quick and easy way to produce anode materials

… for sodium-ion batteries using microwaves. The research team led by Dr. Daeho Kim and Dr. Jong Hwan Park at the Nano Hybrid Technology Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology…

Fearful memories of others seen in mouse brain

Temporarily silencing brain regions helped scientists pinpoint where different types of memories originate. How do we distinguish threat from safety? It’s a question important not just in our daily lives,…

Intra-molecular distances in biomolecules measured optically with Ångström precision

A team led by physicists Steffen Sahl and Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen and the MPI for Medical Research in Heidelberg has…

Materials Sciences

Ancient 3D paper art, kirigami, could shape modern wireless technology

Researchers from Univ. of British Columbia and Drexel University Use Kirigami to Create Tunable Radio Antennas from MXene Nanomaterials. The future of wireless technology — from charging devices to boosting…

Octopus-inspired technology successfully maneuvers underwater objects

Using mechanisms inspired by nature to create new technological innovations is a signature of one Virginia Tech research team. The group led by Associate Professor Michael Bartlett has created an octopus-inspired adhesive,…

A stiff material that stops vibrations and noise

Materials researchers have created a new composite material that combines two incompatible properties: stiff yet with a high damping capacity. In brief Oscillations and vibrations damage machines and buildings, while…

Information Technology

AI-trained CCTV in rivers can spot blockages and reduce floods

Machine learning-equipped camera systems can be an effective and low-cost flood defence tool, researchers show. Smart CCTV systems trained to spot blockages in urban waterways could become an important future…

New technique could unlock potential of quantum materials

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has devised a unique method to observe changes in materials at the atomic level. The technique opens new avenues for understanding and developing…

Gut microbiome and tumor cachexia: New European research network

EU project “MiCCrobioTAckle” studies the gut microbiome in cancer and promotes young scientists for microbiota medicine. By Friederike Gawlik The new EU-funded international research network “MiCCrobioTAckle” will investigate the role…

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