Condensed Matter May 25, 2024

Charge your laptop in a minute? Supercapacitors can help; new research offers clues

Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes.

Nanophysics May 22, 2024

New nanostrings can vibrate longer than any previously known solid-state object

Researchers from TU Delft and Brown University have engineered string-like resonators capable of vibrating longer at ambient temperature than any previously known solid-state object—approaching what is currently only achievable ...

Biotechnology May 25, 2024

You leave a 'microbe fingerprint' on every piece of clothing you wear—and it could help forensic scientists solve crimes

When you think of a criminal investigation, you might picture detectives meticulously collecting and analyzing evidence found at the scene: weapons, biological fluids, footprints and fingerprints. However, this is just the ...

Molecular & Computational biology May 25, 2024

New study discovers tiny target on RNA to short-circuit inflammation

UC Santa Cruz researchers have discovered a peptide in human RNA that regulates inflammation and may provide a new path for treating diseases such as arthritis and lupus. The team used a screening process based on the powerful ...

Plants & Animals May 23, 2024

Crows can deliberately plan how many calls to make, study shows

In a behavioral experiment, crows were able to learn to produce a set number of calls. This involves them planning in advance. From the sound of the first call in a numerical sequence, it is possible to predict how many calls ...

Evolution May 24, 2024

Researchers reconstruct genome of extinct species of flightless bird that once roamed the islands of New Zealand

A team of evolutionary biologists at Harvard University, working with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, East Carolina University, Osaka University and the University of Toronto, has reconstructed ...

General Physics May 23, 2024

How a world record 'squeeze' could offer comfort for dark matter hunters

UNSW quantum engineers have developed a new amplifier that could help other scientists search for elusive dark matter particles.

Planetary Sciences May 23, 2024

Potentially habitable 'exo-Venus' with Earth-like temperature discovered

Astronomers have made the rare and tantalizing discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a little warmer than our own world. The new paper "Gliese 12 b, A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 ...

Astronomy May 23, 2024

Scientists reveal first data from Euclid telescope, offering snapshot of cosmic history

Scientists have released the first set of scientific data captured with the Euclid telescope, showing an exciting glimpse of the universe's distant past.

Astronomy May 22, 2024

Using wobbling stellar material, astronomers measure the spin of a supermassive black hole for the first time

Astronomers at MIT, NASA, and elsewhere have a new way to measure how fast a black hole spins, by using the wobbly aftermath from its stellar feasting.

page 33 from 40