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Quo vadis – where is the development of laser beam sources headed?

After having to take a pandemic break of four years, the industrial laser technology community met at “AKL’22 – International Laser Technology Congress” in Aachen from May 4 to 6,…

Advanced “mini brains” in the dish

Organoids that mimic human brain cortex in development and disease: “Outer Radial Glia” (oRG) cells are nervous system stem cells that are instrumental for the development of the human cortex…

Smart implants to monitor healing

New research introduces self-powered smart implants to monitor spinal fusion healing. Spinal fusion—fusing two vertebrae together—can treat a wide variety of spinal disorders. Often, surgeons will use a cage to…

A flicker from the dark

Reading between the lines to model our galaxy’s central black hole. Looks can be deceiving. The light from an incandescent bulb seems steady, but it flickers 120 times per second….

Tapping the ocean as a source of natural products

The oceans are teeming with countless forms of life, from the world’s largest creature – the blue whale – to miniscule microorganisms. In addition to their vast numbers, these microorganisms…

Innovative ferroelectric material could enable next-generation memory devices

The first report of room temperature ferroelectricity in bulk hafnia could extend Moore’s Law for data storage. The Science Ferroelectric materials are substances with spontaneous electrical polarization. Polarization refers to…

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Physics and Astronomy

Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles

Unusual magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze. While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, University of California,…

Electrons from space

Scientists from the H.E.S.S. collaboration including a consortium of German universities, the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik and the CNRS in France have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies…

Squeeze it!

Scientists at the European XFEL and DESY produce high-power attosecond X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates. Publication in Nature Photonics. A research team at European XFEL and DESY has achieved…

Life Sciences and Chemistry

Cause of common cancer immunotherapy side effect s

New insights into how checkpoint inhibitors affect the immune system could improve cancer treatment. A multinational collaboration co-led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has uncovered a potential explanation…

New tool makes quick health, environmental monitoring possible

University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemists have developed a new, efficient method that may give first responders, environmental monitoring groups, or even you, the ability to quickly detect harmful and health-relevant substances…

Cancers grow uniformly throughout their mass

Constant ‘churn’ of new cancer cells gives the disease ample room for evolutionary innovation, according to a study in the journal eLIFE. Researchers at the University of Cologne and the…

Materials Sciences

A pathway towards new quantum devices

Electrically defined quantum dots in zinc oxide. Researchers have successfully created electrically defined quantum dots in zinc oxide (ZnO) heterostructures, marking a significant milestone in the development of quantum technologies….

CD Laboratory at TU Graz Researches New Semiconductor Materials

Using energy- and resource-saving methods, a research team at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at TU Graz aims to produce high-quality doped silicon layers for the electronics and solar industries….

A ‘language’ for ML models to predict nanopore properties

A large number of 2D materials like graphene can have nanopores – small holes formed by missing atoms through which foreign substances can pass. The properties of these nanopores dictate many…

Information Technology

Next step in light microscopy image improvement

New deep learning architecture enables higher efficiency. It is the computational processing of images that reveals the finest details of a sample placed under all kinds of different light microscopes….

Effortless robot movements

Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool developed by researchers at the Technical…

Metalenses harness AI for superior performance

AI-enhanced metalenses achieve high-resolution, full-color imaging for compact optical systems. Modern imaging systems, such as those used in smartphones, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) devices, are constantly evolving…