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Quantum Physics Jul 25, 2024

An MRI-like tool for quantum materials: Sensor can detect minute magnetic fields at atomic scale

An international research team from Germany's Forschungszentrum Jülich and Korea's IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) has developed a quantum sensor capable of detecting minute magnetic fields at the atomic-length ...

Nanophysics Aug 6, 2024

New X-ray world record: Looking inside a microchip with 4 nanometer precision

In a collaboration with EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich and the University of Southern California researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used X-rays to look inside a microchip with higher precision than ever before. ...

Earth Sciences Jul 30, 2024

Study reveals the Southwest Tianshan Mountains contribute the majority of the Kyzylkum desert sand and river system

Arid Central Asia is an important dust source in the northern hemisphere, which has a significant impact on the ecological environment of Central Asia, Northwest China and even the East Asian monsoon region. The Kyzylkum ...

Nanophysics Jul 23, 2024

3D printing method reveals light emission from nanowires for the first time

Dr. Jaeyeon Pyo's team at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has become the first in the world to reveal light emission patterns from 3D-printed nanowires, which has been published as a cover article in ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 22, 2024

Decomposing 'refrigerants,' a potent greenhouse gas, using industrial waste

A research team has developed a technology to decompose refrigerants, a greenhouse gas 1,300 times more potent than carbon dioxide, using challenging-to-handle industrial waste.

Materials Science Jul 22, 2024

Researchers develop first voxel building blocks for 3D-printed organs

A research team at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed what it believes could be the template for the first building blocks for human-compatible organs printed on demand.

Biotechnology Jul 22, 2024

Octopus and squid pigments enhance sunscreen without harming the environment, researchers say

When Northeastern graduate Camille Martin and associate professor Leila Deravi co-founded Seaspire, a skincare ingredients company inspired by pigment in octopus and squid, their goal was to create a product that is good ...

Environment Jul 22, 2024

Study estimates land use change emissions for six aviation fuel pathways

A new IIASA-led study offers the first detailed estimates of land use change emissions for six sustainable aviation fuel production pathways. The authors focused on both food and non-food raw materials used to produce biofuels, ...

Ecology Aug 9, 2024

Spectral measurements capable of estimating nutrient content of forest tree leaves

The general health of forests can be estimated by the micro- and macronutrient content of tree leaves to help inform forest management decisions in light of climate change, species loss and other variables. Traditional methods ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 8, 2024

Largest protein yet discovered builds algal toxins

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically complex toxins, scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology.

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