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Earth Sciences Nov 28, 2022

Diamonds and X-rays open a new window into the Earth's inner core

A collaborative research group has succeeded, for the first time, in measuring the speed of sound of pure iron under pressures similar to the Earth's inner core boundary.

Nanophysics Nov 25, 2022

A single-step water treatment for arsenic decontamination

A team of researchers from Imperial College London led by Prof. Dominik Weiss has been working with Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron on a new material (TiO2/Fe2O3 nanomaterial) combining photocatalytic ...

Cell & Microbiology Nov 4, 2022

Gaining structural insight into the influenza virus

A team of scientists at University of Oxford have worked with multiple techniques at Diamond Light Source, to solve the structure of the influenza replication machinery and to determine how it interacts with cellular proteins. ...

Astronomy Oct 28, 2022

Zombie worlds: Five spooky planets orbiting dead stars

All stars, including the sun, have a finite lifetime. Stars shine by the process of nuclear fusion in which lighter atoms, such as hydrogen, fuse together to create heavier ones. This process releases vast quantities of energy ...

Biotechnology Oct 13, 2022

Will cell-based milk change the dairy industry? This California lab could lead the way

Biotechnology startup TurtleTree wants to change the way people consume milk.

Economics & Business Oct 10, 2022

Three US-based economists given Nobel Prize for work on banks

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke and two other U.S.-based economists won the Nobel Prize in economics for research into bank failures—work that built on lessons learned in the Great Depression and helped shape ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 5, 2022

Scientists use machine learning to accelerate materials discovery

A new computational approach will improve understanding of different states of carbon and guide the search for materials yet to be discovered.

Bio & Medicine Sep 28, 2022

Nanoparticles can improve stroke recovery by enhancing brain stimulation, study shows

In a recent study, researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and other universities in China have reported that brain stimulation combined with a nose spray containing nanoparticles can improve recovery after ischemic ...

Earth Sciences Sep 27, 2022

An ocean inside the Earth? Water is determined to be hundreds of kilometers down

The transition zone between the Earth's upper and lower mantle contains considerable quantities of water, according to an international study involving the Institute for Geosciences at Goethe University in Frankfurt. The ...

General Physics Sep 19, 2022

Picotesla magnetometry of microwave fields with diamond sensors

Microwave field sensors are important in practice for a variety of applications across astronomy and communication engineering. The nitrogen vacancy center in diamond allows magnetometric sensitivity, stability and compatibility ...

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