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Polymers Aug 8, 2023

A nanocapsulation strategy for facile analysis and processing of insoluble aromatic polymers in water

Polymeric materials are essential for our everyday lives. In the search for new functional materials, scientists have placed focus on polymers composed of rigid aromatic frameworks, displaying unique electronical/optical ...

Superconductivity Jul 14, 2023

Uncovering spin ladders in real chemical compounds

When fabricated in one or two dimensions, systems of particles whose quantum spins interact with each other can display some unique quantum properties. Through new research published in The European Physical Journal B, Asif ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 13, 2023

New target for antibiotics promises treatment for multi-drug resistant superbugs

The World Health Organization lists bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics as one of the top 10 global health threats. Therefore, researchers are looking for new antibiotics to counter this resistance. Adéla Melcrová, ...

Biotechnology Jul 7, 2023

Experiments provide insights into the molecular mechanism for memory and learning

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Science Advances high-speed atomic force microscopy experiments that show the structural and chemical changes in an enzyme thought to play a vital role in modulating the strength ...

Condensed Matter Jun 20, 2023

Combining twistronics with spintronics could be the next giant leap in quantum electronics

Twistronics isn't a new dance move, exercise equipment, or new music fad. No, it's much cooler than any of that. It is an exciting new development in quantum physics and material science where van der Waals materials are ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 14, 2023

A novel technique to observe colloidal particle degradation in real time

In the early 2000s, scientists from the UK made a worrisome discovery that the oceans are teeming with small particles of plastic (less than one millimeter in length) due to the continuous degradation of plastic waste. These ...

Bio & Medicine May 16, 2023

High-speed atomic force microscopy reveals processes relevant to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Nano Letters how high-speed atomic force microscopy leads to insights into processes relevant to Alzheimer's disease. Moreover, the technique is shown to be an excellent tool for ...

Biochemistry May 16, 2023

First experimental evidence showing correlation between molecular fluctuation and ligand binding

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences high-speed atomic force microscopy experiments that show how ligands associated with stimulating and suppressing activation ...

Nanophysics May 15, 2023

Supercomputing simulations spot electron orbital signatures

No one will ever be able to see a purely mathematical construct such as a perfect sphere. But now, scientists using supercomputer simulations and atomic resolution microscopes have imaged the signatures of electron orbitals, ...

Cell & Microbiology May 9, 2023

How the ancient messengers cAMP and cGMP deliver their messages

Two highly similar molecules with essential but often contrasting signaling roles in most life forms exert their distinct effects through subtle differences in their bindings to their signaling partners, according to a new ...

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