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Plants & Animals Jun 3, 2024

Neurons in the visual system of flies exhibit surprisingly heterogeneous wiring, connectome analysis finds

The brain is a particularly complex organ, not only in humans. Even the brain of a fly contains more than 100,000 neurons connected by millions of synapses. For the first time, an international community of researchers has ...

Biotechnology Jun 3, 2024

AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but science needs proof

An advanced algorithm that has been developed by Google DeepMind has gone some way to cracking one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in biology. AlphaFold aims to predict the 3D structures of proteins from the "instruction ...

Cell & Microbiology Jun 3, 2024

Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings

Waves are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Whether it's the rise and fall of ocean tides or the swinging of a clock's pendulum, the predictable rhythms of waves create a signal that is easy to track and distinguish from ...

Bio & Medicine May 31, 2024

A new way to see viruses in action: Super-resolution microscopy provides a nano-scale look

A new, nano-scale look at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates in cells may offer greater precision in drug development, a Stanford University team reports in Nature Communications. Using advanced microscopy techniques, the ...

Space Exploration May 31, 2024

Space station research advances NASA's plans to explore the moon, Mars

Space, the saying goes, is hard. And the farther humans go, the harder it can get.

Nanophysics May 31, 2024

A 20-year-old puzzle solved: Researchers reveal the 'three-dimensional vortex' of zero-dimensional ferroelectrics

Materials that can maintain a magnetized state by themselves without an external magnetic field (i.e., permanent magnets) are called ferromagnets. Ferroelectrics can be thought of as the electric counterpart to ferromagnets, ...

Nanophysics May 29, 2024

Computational lens unmasks hidden 3D information from a single 2D micrograph

National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a computational imaging technique to extract three-dimensional (3D) information from a single two-dimensional (2D) electron micrograph. This method can be readily ...

Condensed Matter May 28, 2024

Unveiling the microscopic mechanism of superconducting metallic transistors

Transistors are the basis for microchips and the whole electronic industry. The invention of transistors, by Bardeen and Brattain in 1947, awarded with a Nobel prize, is regarded as one of the most important discoveries of ...

Condensed Matter May 27, 2024

Scientists discover polar Bloch points in strained ferroelectric films

A Bloch point is a singular point around which the field vectors are oriented in nearly all directions. In magnetics, it is the natural link between classical and quantum magnetism, and it has not been directly observed. ...

Cell & Microbiology May 24, 2024

Observing mammalian cells with superfast soft X-rays

Researchers have developed a new technique to view living mammalian cells. The team used a powerful laser, called a soft X-ray free electron laser, to emit ultrafast pulses of illumination at the speed of femtoseconds, or ...

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