A group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work that has revolutionized how scientists study the electron—by illuminating molecules with attosecond-long flashes of light. But how long is an ...
General Physics
Oct 4, 2023
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia have proposed a new way of using quantum light to "see" quantum sound.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 4, 2023
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Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry prematurely.
Other
Oct 4, 2023
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In order to fulfill their function, biological cells need to be divided into separate reaction compartments. This is sometimes done with membranes, and sometimes without them: the spontaneous segregation of certain types ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 2, 2023
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For the first time, Stanford researchers have found a way to create and stabilize an extremely rare form of gold that has lost two negatively charged electrons, denoted Au2+. The material stabilizing this elusive version ...
Materials Science
Sep 30, 2023
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I've been primarily an experimental chemist—the kind of person who goes into the laboratory and mixes and stirs chemicals—since the beginning of my career in 1965. Today, and for the past 15 years, I'm a full-time historian ...
Other
Sep 29, 2023
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Astronomers are working hard to understand biosignatures and how they indicate life's presence on an exoplanet. But each planet we encounter is a unique puzzle. When it comes to planetary atmospheres, carbon is a big piece ...
Astrobiology
Sep 29, 2023
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Proteins are subject to post-translational chemical modifications that result in functional diversity. Methylation is one such modification that is generally believed to occur on lysine and arginine residues. Recently, this ...
Biochemistry
Sep 27, 2023
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A team of researchers led by Yumin Dong of Chongqing Normal University has developed a novel method to optimize parametric quantum circuits, a critical component of variational quantum algorithms. The method combines the ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 25, 2023
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Researchers led by Prof. Zhang Weijun from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a highly sensitive portable laser absorption spectroscopy formaldehyde (HCHO) sensor ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 20, 2023
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