Consisting of 99% air, aerogel is the world's lightest solid. This unique material has found purpose in several forms—from NASA missions to high fashion.
Polymers
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A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a compact dynamic cantilever magnetometer with a diameter of just 22 mm, achieving magnetic moment sensitivity ...
Condensed Matter
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An international research team led by Professor Manuel Maestre-Reyna from National Taiwan University has filmed a high-resolution, 3D molecular movie of a cryptochrome in action. The work is published in the journal Science ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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A team of chemists and astronomers have made a discovery in the field of astrochemistry: the identification of cyanocoronene, the largest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ever detected in space. This molecule, composed ...
Astronomy
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Limited penetration depth into tumor tissues continues to hinder the development of nanotherapeutics for cancer treatment. A novel self-propelled ferroptosis nanoinducer developed by Southern Medical University was able to ...
Bio & Medicine
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New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the galactic center of the Milky Way. The researchers ...
Astronomy
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For the first time, scientists have successfully edited oat DNA, a breakthrough that could accelerate the development of oats with more fiber, higher yields, and greater resilience to climate change.
Biotechnology
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Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant exoplanets form and what their atmospheres can look like, after using the James Webb Telescope to image two young exoplanets in extraordinary detail. Among ...
Planetary Sciences
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Human development is a beautiful, complex process. Beginning from just two germ cells, the cells divide and double until an entire organism is developed in just under a year.
Cell & Microbiology
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Chemistry often conjures images of mixing fluids together in beakers, flasks, or test tubes. But often, chemistry happens on a much smaller scale. In many medical and industrial contexts, mixing fluids involves fractions ...
Nanophysics
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