System could be used aboard underwater vehicles for many applications. Researchers report a new single-photon Raman lidar system that operates underwater and can remotely distinguish various substances. They also show…
For the first time, astrophysicists have found compelling evidence for the existence of gravitational waves which oscillate with periods ranging from years to decades. For this, the researchers evaluated data…
An international collaboration of European astronomers including the Max Planck Institutes for Radio Astronomy and Gravitational Physics, together with Indian and Japanese colleagues, have published the results of more than…
…to accelerate development of new antivirals and drug discovery. This breakthrough has the potential to get drugs to people faster in the next crisis and bring treatments for urgent, life-threatening…
Simple molecular liquids such as water or glycerol are of great importance for technical applications, in biology or even for understanding properties in the liquid state. Researchers at the MPSD…
To adapt to perceived changes in our environment, the brain constantly updates the activity of neural circuits in the prefrontal cortex, a region involved in attention, anticipation, and decision-making. But…