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Other Mar 8, 2025

Saturday Citations: A supermassive black hole in the LMC; ozone layer recovery; abstract memory in humans

This week, based on a genetic study, researchers issued a recommendation that bison in Yellowstone National Park should be treated as one large, interbreeding herd. Physicists proposed a new framework that derives gravity ...

Astronomy Mar 6, 2025

A dark energy driven by star formation

Rolf Landauer showed that "information is physical" with every bit equivalent to a small amount of energy proportional to temperature. The Landauer equivalent energy of information carried, or represented by matter, effectively ...

General Physics Mar 4, 2025

Gravity from entropy: A radical new approach to unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity

In a new study published in Physical Review D, Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London, proposes a new framework that could revolutionize our understanding of gravity ...

Other Mar 1, 2025

Saturday Citations: 'Thar she pokes!' Scientists capture drone footage of narwhals

Look, all somewhat positive climate news has to be placed in the context of the ongoing global climate crisis, but this week, researchers did report a new simulation suggesting that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 19, 2025

Researchers make progress in high-temperature thermally sensitive ceramics

To meet the demands of extreme high-temperature environments, such as aerospace engines and thermal systems in new energy vehicles, high-temperature thermosensitive sensors need to demonstrate high stability and sensitivity.

Analytical Chemistry Feb 18, 2025

High-entropy MOF enables efficient deuterium separation for clean energy

A research team affiliated with UNIST has successfully developed a new porous material for the efficient separation of deuterium, a primary fuel for nuclear fusion. The team, jointly led by Professors Wonyoung Cho and Hyunchul ...

Molecular & Computational biology Feb 14, 2025

Water molecules help proteins read the human genome, research reveals

In a study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet, have discovered that water molecules play a crucial role in ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 13, 2025

The einstein problem: Molecular chirality leads to unexpected aperiodic patterns on metal surfaces

Standing at the intersection between mathematics and the tiler's trade is the so-called einstein problem. Despite its name, this mathematical question has nothing to do with the Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein. It asks: ...

General Physics Feb 7, 2025

International collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics

Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the interplay between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The team demonstrated that while quantum theory does ...

Space Exploration Feb 3, 2025

Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: Are we alone?

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