Resonance techniques are experimental methods that exploit the resonant interaction of oscillatory fields with matter to probe structural, electronic, or dynamic properties with high sensitivity and selectivity. They include nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR/ESR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), and various optical and acoustic resonance-based methods. By tuning the frequency of an applied electromagnetic or mechanical field to match characteristic energy-level spacings or normal modes, these techniques enhance signal response, enabling precise measurements of local environments, molecular conformations, spin dynamics, and relaxation processes in physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science.
The bizarre properties of discrete time crystals could be harnessed to detect extremely subtle oscillations of magnetic fields, physicists in the US and Germany have revealed. Publishing their results in Nature Physics, a ...
Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect disease-related compounds in a patient's breath. The new test could provide a faster way to diagnose pneumonia ...
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Christine Dunham is a leading expert on the ribosome—an elaborate macro-molecular machine that operates like a factory within a cell to manufacture proteins. "The ribosome is really the most fascinating molecule in a cell," ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Quantum mechanical effects are known to be easily disrupted by disturbances from the surrounding environment, commonly referred to as noise. To minimize these disturbances, physicists often study these effects in small and ...
Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology is transforming medicine by providing our cells with genetic instructions to produce proteins that help the immune system prevent or fight a wide range of diseases, including cancer and other ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2026
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RIKEN researchers have discovered how an enzyme modifies gene expression by targeting certain stretches of messenger RNA (mRNA) while leaving others alone. This finding could contribute to the rational design of drugs that ...
Biotechnology
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A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled an innovative, cost-effective biosensor capable of being washed and reused, paving the way for more accessible liquid biopsy diagnostics. This new platform aims to reduce ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2026
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Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a new way to generate ultra-precise, evenly spaced "combs" of laser light on a photonic chip, a breakthrough ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 19, 2026
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Researchers at Oregon State University have developed and tested in a mouse model a new type of nanoparticle that enables the removal of melanoma tumors with a low-power laser. After the systemically administered nanoparticles ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 10, 2026
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Quantum materials and superconductors are difficult enough to understand on their own. Unconventional superconductors, which cannot be explained within the framework of standard theory, take the enigma to an entirely new ...
Condensed Matter
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