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New High Performance Supercomputer starts its operation at DKRZ

Levante the new, fourth high-performance computing system for Earth system research (HLRE-4) will start its operation on March 3, 2022, at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) in the first…

What Makes Plants Electrically Excitable

In humans, only nerves and muscle cells are electrically excitable, whereas in plants almost all cells are. This is due to a sophisticated mechanism in an ion channel of the…

The interplay between Topology and Magnetism has a bright future

The new review paper on magnetic topological materials of Andrei Bernevig, Princeton University, USA, Haim Beidenkopf, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics…

Discovered: An easier way to create “flexible diamonds”

Original technique predicts and guides the ordered creation of strong, yet flexible, diamond nanothread. As hard as diamond and as flexible as plastic, highly sought-after diamond nanothreads would be poised…

Ice-free in icy worlds

Special shell protects Antarctic scallop from ice build-up. Airplane wings that don’t ice up or solar cells that generate electricity even in winter – ice-free surfaces are important for many…

Plasma accelerators recover in a FLASH

New experimental finding reveals the potential of plasma as energy booster for high-rate accelerators. An international team of researchers led by DESY scientists has demonstrated for the first time at…

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Physics and Astronomy

Bismuth–antimony crystals demonstrating topological thermoelectrics under a weak magnetic field.

Magnetic Effect: Groundbreaking Discovery for Low-Temperature Thermoelectric Cooling

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, in collaboration with Chongqing University and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, have achieved a breakthrough in topological…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes history with closest pass to Sun

Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just…

Largest magnetic anisotropy of a molecule measured at BESSY II

At the Berlin synchrotron radiation source BESSY II, the largest magnetic anisotropy of a single molecule ever measured experimentally has been determined. The larger this anisotropy is, the better a…

Life Sciences and Chemistry

RNA-binding protein RbpB regulating gut microbiota metabolism in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

Trust Your Gut—RNA-Protein Discovery for Better Immunity

HIRI researchers uncover control mechanisms of polysaccharide utilization in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) in Würzburg have identified a…

Diagram of lithium titanium phosphate crystal lattice structure showing its negative thermal expansion properties for enhanced lithium-ion battery performance.

Recharging the Future: Batteries Built for Extreme Cold Using Negative Thermal Expansion

Most solids expand as temperatures increase and shrink as they cool. Some materials do the opposite, expanding in the cold. Lithium titanium phosphate is one such substance and could provide…

Deep-sea sediment core highlighting microbial carbonate formation at methane seeps.

How Microbial Life Shapes Lime Formation in the Deep Ocean

Microorganisms are everywhere and have been influencing the Earth’s environment for over 3.5 billion years. Researchers from Germany, Austria and Taiwan have now deciphered the role they play in the…

Materials Sciences

Spintronics memory innovation: A new perpendicular magnetized film

Long gone are the days where all our data could fit on a two-megabyte floppy disk. In today’s information-based society, the increasing volume of information being handled demands that we…

Materials with a ‘twist’ show unexpected electronic behaviour

In the search for new materials that can enable more efficient electronics, scientists are exploring so-called 2-D materials. These are sheets of just one atom thick, that may have all…

Layer by Layer

How simulations help manufacturing of modern displays. Modern materials must be recyclable and sustainable. Consumer electronics is no exception, with organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) taking over modern televisions and portable…

Information Technology

Illustration of multiferroic heterostructures enabling energy-efficient MRAM with giant magnetoelectric effect.

Magnetic Memory Unlocked with Energy-Efficient MRAM

Researchers from Osaka University introduced an innovative technology to lower power consumption for modern memory devices. Stepping up the Memory Game: Overcoming the Limitations of Traditional RAM Osaka, Japan –…

Framework for automating RBAC compliance checks using process mining and policy validation tools.

Next-Level System Security: Smarter Access Control for Organizations

Cutting-Edge Framework for Enhancing System Security Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications have developed a groundbreaking framework for improving system security by analyzing business process logs. This framework focuses on…

NTU and NUS spin-off cutting-edge quantum control technology

AQSolotl’s quantum controller is designed to be adaptable, scalable and cost-efficient. Quantum technology jointly developed at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and National University of Singapore (NUS) has now…