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Analytical Chemistry Mar 23, 2026

A sudden surge in luminosity: Stacked dyes hint at brighter organic semiconductors

In nature, a certain size is often a prerequisite for biomolecules to perform their specific functions. For example, for proteins or DNA to fulfill their vital tasks, they must be folded in a precise manner—and this requires ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 21, 2026

Light-based technique creates artificial structures that mimic the scaffolding of cells

A laser-based system that can create mesh-like structures in a dish that resemble the cytoskeletons of cells has been developed by two RIKEN researchers. They demonstrated its usefulness for research by exploring how two ...

Other Mar 21, 2026

Saturday Citations: Merging brown dwarfs, ancient machine guns, gravitational wave detection

This week, among a lot of other important findings, we learned that emperor cichlid fish have gaze sensitivity and dislike it if you look at them—or especially their children. England is looking for a solution to its 5-billion-liter ...

Biochemistry Mar 19, 2026

Light-activated medicines may cut side effects: How a switchable beta blocker works

Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location—this is the focus of research in photopharmacology. The goal is to develop drugs that can be switched on and off with light of a specific wavelength. ...

Archaeology Mar 19, 2026

Pompeii's battle scars linked to an ancient 'machine gun'

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While much of what we know about the Roman settlement comes from the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, another ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 19, 2026

'Mini earthquakes' turn tiny chips into radio signal powerhouses

From GPS satellites to mobile networks, modern technology relies on ultra-precise radio signals. Engineers have long tried to generate them on chips using interactions between light and sound, but the effect was too weak. ...

Earth Sciences Mar 19, 2026

Ancient brines helped build Idaho's Silver Valley and Cobalt belt

Idaho's Silver Valley has produced about 1.2 billion ounces of silver since the late 1800s, enough to cast a solid cube roughly as tall as a five-story building, along with huge amounts of lead and zinc. Now a new study led ...

Condensed Matter Mar 18, 2026

Terahertz spin waves can be converted into computer signals, study shows

What will the computers of tomorrow look like? Chances are good that spintronics will play a decisive role in the next generation of computers. In spintronics, the intrinsic angular momentum of an electron (the spin) is used ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 18, 2026

AI rebuilds molecules from exploding fragments

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recreate molecular structures from the movement of the molecule's ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 17, 2026

Researchers explore new ways to neutralize germs using light-activated nanomaterials

At Empa, an interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology within the ETH Domain, researchers are working on ways to kill harmful bacteria and viruses. In the Nanomaterials in Health Lab, headed ...

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