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Optics & Photonics Apr 4, 2025

Combining polarized light methods reveals hidden molecular orientations with precision

Image quality often makes the difference between an amazing multimedia experience, like feeling immersed in a high-definition movie, and a visual letdown. When it comes to biomolecular imaging, the details matter even more. ...

Social Sciences Apr 4, 2025

Sex stereotypes shape children's play in Australian homes

The types of play equipment found in Australian households is associated with the sex of the children living there, a University of Queensland study has found.

Social Sciences Apr 4, 2025

Yes, data can produce better policy—but it's no substitute for real-world experience

Governments like to boast that "data-driven" policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect statistics, set targets and adjust strategies to suit.

Polymers Apr 3, 2025

Zeolite catalyst enables sustainable production of biodegradable plastic materials

Methyl methoxyacetate and methyl formate, two of the most important carbonyl‐containing chemicals, can be produced directly by zeolite‐catalyzed carbonylation and disproportionation of DMM, using a heterogeneous catalyst, ...

Mathematics Apr 3, 2025

Quantum statistical approach quiets big, noisy data

Big data has gotten too big. Now, a research team with statisticians from Cornell has developed a data representation method inspired by quantum mechanics that handles large data sets more efficiently than traditional methods ...

Biotechnology Apr 3, 2025

Acoustic levitation of diamond inspires biotech automation innovation

Engineers at a University of Bristol spin-out company have created a new technology that can move cells without touching them, enabling critical tasks that currently require large pieces of lab equipment to be carried out ...

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2025

Animal behavioral diversity at risk in the face of declining biodiversity

Our environment is changing rapidly, largely as a result of human activities, leading to a significant decline in biodiversity. According to researchers from the University of Victoria and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 3, 2025

Twisted crystals open door to smaller, more powerful sensors for optical devices

Twisted moiré photonic crystals—an advanced type of optical metamaterial—have shown enormous potential in the race to engineer smaller, more capable and more powerful optical systems. How do they work?

General Physics Apr 3, 2025

Intriguing excess of top-quark pairs hints at discovery of smallest composite particle

The CMS collaboration at CERN has observed an unexpected feature in data produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which could point to the existence of the smallest composite particle yet observed. The result, reported ...

Biotechnology Apr 3, 2025

Scientists develop a way to scale up spatial genomics and lower costs

Spatial transcriptomics technologies opened the door for new kinds of biological measurements, allowing scientists to generate detailed maps of where genes are expressed in tissue. But most methods rely on expensive and time-intensive ...

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