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Physics & Astronomy

Next-Gen Single-Photon Source Boosts Quantum Information Science

Over the last two decades, tremendous advances have been made in the field of quantum information science. Scientists are capitalizing on the strange nature of…

Environmental Conservation

New Communications Project Aims to Protect Our Climate

How can I contribute to ensure that more people take an interest in the important issue of protecting the climate, the environment and nature and help them…

Awards Funding

Apply Now for the Innovation Award in Laser Technology 2020

Target Group: The Innovation Award addresses laser manufacturers, laser users and researchers, who have successfully conceived and implemented an innovative…

Physics & Astronomy

New 'fuzzy' dark matter research disrupts conventional thinking

New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way for the first time, disrupting conventional thinking about the…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Liver Macrophages: Their Unique Immune Role

Every tissue in the human body has an immune cell in it called a macrophage. Macrophages play important roles in the immune system's initial response to…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Laser Precision Flights Align Over Sea Ice

“If you look at the height profiles from ICESat-2 and IceBridge, you can tell that they're almost the same,” said Ron Kwok, a sea ice scientist at NASA's Jet…

Life & Chemistry

First-Ever Visualization of Disease-Linked Protein Unveiled

For the first time, researchers have observed at the molecular level how a protein associated with numerous health problems works.

Life & Chemistry

3D Tissue Models Mimic Brain Tumors for Cancer Research

A team of Tufts University-led researchers has developed three-dimensional (3D) human tissue culture models of pediatric and adult brain cancers in a…

Earth Sciences

Experts Find Ideal Ice Floe for MOSAiC Research Camp

After only a few days of searching, experts from the MOSAiC expedition have now found a suitable ice floe, where they will set up the research camp for their…

Life & Chemistry

Visualizing HIV: How Pathogens Multiply in the Body

The researchers focused on the sluice through which the HI virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) emerges from the cell after having infected it: the plasma…

Architecture & Construction

Switch2Save: smart windows and glass façades for highly efficient energy management using novel switching technologies

Climate change is a topic now on everyone's lips and climate targets are being discussed at all levels. Solutions such as the use of natural resources for…

Environmental Conservation

Groundwater Depletion Threatens Riverine Ecosystems Vitality

Groundwater is the world's largest source of freshwater and it is of vital importance for food production. Increasing extraction of groundwater in recent…

Life & Chemistry

New Antibiotic Target: ClpX-ClpP Protein Complex Insights

Almost 700,000 people in Europe suffer from infections every year through antibiotic-resistant pathogens; approximately 33,000 of them die. Despite this…

Physics & Astronomy

Can we peek at Schrödinger's cat without disturbing it?

Quantum physics is difficult and explaining it even more so. Associate Professor Holger F. Hofmann from Hiroshima University and Kartik Patekar from the Indian…

Life & Chemistry

Quantum Breakthrough: 2,000 Atoms in Two Places Simultaneously

The quantum superposition principle has been tested on a scale as never before in a new study by scientists at the University of Vienna in collaboration with…

Information Technology

Squid-Inspired Robots Offer New Solutions for Propulsion and Environment

Inspired by the unique and efficient swimming strategy of cephalopods, scientists developed an aquatic robot that mimics their form of propulsion.

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