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Bio & Medicine Feb 15, 2024

Scientists develop new technology to identify individual full-length human proteins

In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, scientists from Delft University of Technology present a new technique to identify proteins. Proteins carry out essential functions in our cells, while playing a crucial role ...

Plants & Animals Feb 13, 2024

'CSI-like' investigations into box jellyfish movements could soon keep swimmers safer

Work by a James Cook University researcher could soon keep swimmers safer, thanks to a revolutionary technology that can track one of the world's most venomous animals, the Australian box jellyfish.

Ecology Feb 12, 2024

New study on decomposing microbes could help transform forensic science

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh. The findings have significant implications for the future ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 9, 2024

Sensors made from 'frozen smoke' can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices

Researchers have developed a sensor made from "frozen smoke" that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion, far beyond the sensitivity ...

Biotechnology Feb 8, 2024

Innovative screening can detect 'cancer fingerprint' in dogs

Cancer is common in dogs, with some breeds being more prone to certain variations of the disease than others. Recent studies have shown that nearly half of dogs over the age of 10 will develop cancer, making early screening ...

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 8, 2024

Austria's oldest preserved dyes detected in Miocene snail shells

Pigments in fossil snail shells from Austria dating back 12 million years are the oldest known preserved dyes from the polyene group, as scientists from the Natural History Museum Vienna and the University of Göttingen have ...

General Physics Feb 5, 2024

Machine learning techniques enhance the discovery of excited nuclear levels in sulfur-38

Fixed numbers of protons and neutrons—the building blocks of nuclei—can rearrange themselves within a single nucleus. The products of this reshuffling include electromagnetic (gamma ray) transitions. These transitions ...

Condensed Matter Feb 2, 2024

High harmonic spectroscopy retrieves electronic structure of high-pressure superconductors

High pressure has revealed surprising physics and created novel states in condensed matter. Exciting examples include near room temperature superconductivity (Tc > 200 K) in high-pressure hydrides such as H3S and LaH10.

Planetary Sciences Feb 1, 2024

NASA to study effects of radio noise on lunar science

In February 2024, Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission will launch to the moon's South Polar region, as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. This mission is part of the CLPS ongoing effort to bring ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 31, 2024

A new wavelength of scientific exploration with single-photon detectors

From the minuscule bindings of molecules to the far reaches of space, we're exploring the universe around us by catching sight of the smallest particles of light.

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