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April 19, 2024
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Apr. 16, 2024 — Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. The team is the first to successfully reproduce the unusual shape with numerical simulations, attributing ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — An international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission from their astrospheres, and placed constraints on the mass loss rate of the stars via their stellar ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — In a new breakthrough that could revolutionise medical and material engineering, scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind molecular device that controls the release of multiple small molecules ...
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Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have synthesized triarylborane (TAB) compounds that exhibit unusual optical responses upon binding to certain anions. They also synthesized thin polymer films that incorporate the TAB and ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — Clear guidelines should be established for the generation and processing of synthetic data to ensure transparency, accountability and fairness, a new ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — AI developments in chemical biology could unlock new types of disease ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Silicon-based electronics are approaching their physical limitations and new materials are needed to keep up with current technological demands. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a rich array of ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A new fabric-based touch sensor used machine learning to control mobile apps, video games and other devices while integrated into ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A study has found that the AI model GPT-4 significantly exceeds the ability of non-specialist doctors to assess eye problems and provide ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest that this brown dwarf might generate aurorae similar to ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A new hybrid layered perovskite featuring elusive spontaneous defect ordering has been found, report scientists. By introducing specific ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable. However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to waste ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — In some materials, spins form complex magnetic structures within the nanometer and micrometer scale in which the magnetization direction twists and curls along specific directions. Examples of such ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A team has constructed an improved mid-infrared microscope, enabling them to see the structures inside living bacteria at the nanometer scale. Mid-infrared microscopy is typically limited by its low ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson's disease treatments. The researchers designed and used an AI-based strategy to identify ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — While the electronic tongue bears little physical resemblance to its namesake, the strand-like sensory probes of the 'e-tongue' still outperformed human senses when detecting contaminated ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Engineers have developed a record-setting nanomaterial which when stretched in one direction, expands perpendicular to the applied ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — In an approach they call 'nanostitching,' engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation airplanes and ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make hydrogen production more ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Tagging marine animals with sensors to track their movements and ocean conditions can provide important environmental and behavioral information. Existing techniques to attach sensors currently ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers -- a critical component of the ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists using neutrons set the first benchmark (one nanosecond) for a polymer-electrolyte and lithium-salt mixture. Findings could boost power and safety for lithium ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play at the thin air-film gap between water droplets and superhydrophobic ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers, this has given the gold new ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — An international research team has demonstrated experimentally that electrons in naturally occurring double-layer graphene move like particles without any mass, in the same way that light travels. ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it can be used to generate electricity in a process known as fusion, researchers have shown how two old methods can be ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — International shipping does not want to be a climate bad guy and is aiming to be emission-free by 2050. A new tool can help shipowners who are searching for green ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than Previously Thought
- 'Tube Map' Around Planets and Moons Made Possible by Knot Theory
- Spintronics: A New Path to Room Temperature Swirling Spin Textures
- A Better View With New Mid-Infrared Nanoscopy
- AI Speeds Up Drug Design for Parkinson's by Ten-Fold
- E-Tongue Can Detect White Wine Spoilage Before Humans Can
- Novel Robotic Training Program Reduces Physician Errors Placing Central Lines
- Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Sets Record for Expert-Defying, Counter-Intuitive Expansion
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- 'Nanostitches' Enable Lighter and Tougher Composite Materials
- Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen
- New Tagging Method Provides Bioadhesive Interface for Marine Sensors on Diverse, Soft, and Fragile Species
- Cooler Transformers Could Help Electric Grid
- No Gamma Rays Seen Coming from Nearby Supernova
- Neutrons Rule the Roost for Cage-Free Lithium Ions
- Researchers Advance Pigment Chemistry With Moon-Inspired Reddish Magentas
- Physicists Explain--and Eliminate--Unknown Force Dragging Against Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
- A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene
- Quantum Electronics: Charge Travels Like Light in Bilayer Graphene
- Creating an Island Paradise in a Fusion Reactor
- Researchers Can Help Shipowners Achieve Ambitious Climate Targets
- Crucial Connection for 'quantum Internet' Made for the First Time
Monday, April 15, 2024
- AI Enhances Physician-Patient Communication
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- Are These Newly Found Rare Cells a Missing Link in Color Perception?
- Millions of Gamers Advance Biomedical Research
- GeoAI Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
- Quantum Precision: A New Kind of Resistor
- Pyrite, Also Known as Fool's Gold, May Contain Valuable Lithium, a Key Element for Green Energy
- AI Can Write You a Poem and Edit Your Video. Now, It Can Help You Be Funnier
- Physicists Solve Puzzle About Ancient Galaxy Found by Webb Telescope
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Researchers Study Effects of Solvation and Ion Valency on Metallopolymers
- Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst of All Time Came from the Collapse of a Massive Star
- Innovative Antiviral Defense With New CRISPR Tool
- Exoplanets True to Size
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- New Computer Vision Tool Wins Prize for Social Impact
- Artificial Intelligence Can Help People Feel Heard
- Scientists Use Wearable Technology to Detect Stress Levels During Sleep
- Beautiful Nebula, Violent History: Clash of Stars Solves Stellar Mystery
- 'Surprising' Hidden Activity of Semiconductor Material Spotted by Researchers
- Trapped in the Middle: Billiards With Memory
- With Inspiration from 'Tetris,' Researchers Develop a Better Radiation Detector
- Rock Permeability, Microquakes Link May Be a Boon for Geothermal Energy
- A New Spin on Organic Shampoo Makes It Sudsier, Longer Lasting
- Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future
- New AI Method Captures Uncertainty in Medical Images
- Star Trek's Holodeck Recreated Using ChatGPT and Video Game Assets
- Discovery Brings All-Solid-State Sodium Batteries Closer to Practical Use
- Breakthrough Promises Secure Quantum Computing at Home
- Economist: Tens of Billions of Dollars in Forest Products Are Being Overlooked
- Twinkle Twinkle Baby Star, 'sneezes' Tell Us How You Are
- Nothing Is Everything: How Hidden Emptiness Can Define the Usefulness of Filtration Materials
- Cloud Engineering Could Be More Effective 'painkiller' For Global Warming Than Previously Thought
- Synthetic Platelets Stanch Bleeding, Promote Healing in Animal Models
- Proud Seafarers Have Strong Doubts About the Safety of Autonomous Ships
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- The Hidden Role of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian Mythology
- New 3D-Printing Method Makes Printing Objects More Affordable and Eco-Friendly
- A Faster, Better Way to Prevent an AI Chatbot from Giving Toxic Responses
- Quantum Breakthrough When Light Makes Materials Magnetic
- AI Makes Retinal Imaging 100 Times Faster, Compared to Manual Method
- New Method of Measuring Qubits Promises Ease of Scalability in a Microscopic Package
- Study Shedding New Light on Earth's Global Carbon Cycle Could Help Assess Liveability of Other Planets
- Breakthrough for Next-Generation Digital Displays
- New Strategy for Assessing the Applicability of Reactions
- Waterproof 'e-Glove' Could Help Scuba Divers Communicate
- AI-Assisted Breast-Cancer Screening May Reduce Unnecessary Testing
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Can the Bias in Algorithms Help Us See Our Own?
- New Device Gathers, Stores Electricity in Remote Settings
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
- Could New Technique for 'curving' Light Be the Secret to Improved Wireless Communication?
- Subterranean Storage of Hydrogen
- A Smarter City Skyline for Flood Safety
- New Technique Lets Scientists Create Resistance-Free Electron Channels
- BESSY II: How Pulsed Charging Enhances the Service Time of Batteries
- Cardiology Team Performs Novel Heart Artery Repair With Newly Approved Device
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Will the Convergence of Light and Matter in Janus Particles Transcend Performance Limitations in the Optical Display Industry?
- How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
- A Pulse of Innovation: AI at the Service of Heart Research
- Engineers Design Soft and Flexible 'skeletons' For Muscle-Powered Robots
- This 3D Printer Can Figure out How to Print With an Unknown Material
- New Four-Terminal Tandem Organic Solar Cell Achieves 16.94% Power Conversion Efficiency
- Researchers Developed New Method for Detecting Heart Failure With a Smartphone
- Novel Robust-Optimal Controllers Based on Fuzzy Descriptor System
- Protecting Art and Passwords With Biochemistry
- Scientists Unveil Cutting-Edge Ruthenium Catalyst for New Reaction Discovery and Optimization
- Using Pulp and Paper Waste to Scrub Carbon from Emissions
- How Mosquito Larva Guts Could Help Create Highly Specific Insecticides
- PFAS 'forever Chemicals' Above Drinking Water Guidelines in Global Source Water
- How the Moon Turned Itself Inside out
- Climate Change Threatens Antarctic Meteorites
- How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation
- Scientists Release State-of-the-Art Spike-Sorting Software Kilosort4
- Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of 3-D Magnetic Recording
- Telescope Detects Unprecedented Behavior from Nearby Magnetar
- Inexplicable Flying Fox Found in Hydra Galaxy Cluster
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Ocean Waves Propel PFAS Back to Land
- A Simple, Inexpensive Way to Make Carbon Atoms Bind Together
- Innovative Sensing Platform Unlocks Ultrahigh Sensitivity in Conventional Sensors
- Can Language Models Read the Genome? This One Decoded mRNA to Make Better Vaccines
- Chemical Reactions Can Scramble Quantum Information as Well as Black Holes