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Education Apr 20, 2026

Q&A: Expert discusses AI, automation drive autonomous science origin in scientific research

Rob Moore is a recognized leader in the development of autonomous science and self-driving laboratories at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). A Tennessee native who spent five years as ...

Plants & Animals Apr 20, 2026

Alkaline cement tiles boost baby coral survival from 12% to 52%

As coral reefs struggle to survive in warming oceans, scientists across the world are scrambling to find ways to help these vital ocean ecosystems. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Miami has discovered a new ...

General Physics Apr 20, 2026

Could the mathematical 'shape' of the universe solve the cosmological constant problem?

The cosmological constant is the mathematical description of the energy that drives the ever-accelerating expansion of the cosmos. It's also the source of one of the most enduring and confounding problems in modern physics.

Nanomaterials Apr 20, 2026

Cracking a long-standing problem in high-entropy alloy nanoparticle synthesis

Composed of five or more elements in nearly equal amounts, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as promising catalysts due to their compositionally complex surfaces that can accelerate chemical reactions. Until now, scientists ...

Condensed Matter Apr 20, 2026

Sprinkling nanoparticles on spintronics

Today, I want to walk you through a deceptively simple innovation from the lab at Loughborough University (PI: Prof Marco Peccianti): what happens when we decorate a spintronic heterostructure with a sparse layer of plasmonic ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 20, 2026

New AI method captures long-range atomic interactions in complex molecules

Researchers from Google DeepMind in Berlin, BIFOLD, and the Technical University of Berlin have introduced a new machine learning method—Euclidean Fast Attention (EFA)—that enables global atomic interactions in chemical systems ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 20, 2026

Why ultrashort laser pulses could make low-power electron sources far more practical

A new theoretical study finds shorter laser pulses achieve higher quantum efficiency for photoemission from a solid surface without increasing power or intensity. Using light to knock electrons loose from a surface—known ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 20, 2026

Single mathematical model helps solve a decades-old puzzle involving ultrafast lasers

A team of international researchers, including an Aston University researcher, has cracked the code on how "breather" laser pulses work, creating a single mathematical model that explains two completely different laser behaviors ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 20, 2026

Chemists stabilize rare three‑atom metal ring, revealing new form of aromaticity

In a world first, the team, led by Professor Stephen Liddle, discovered a new type of aromatic molecule made entirely of metal atoms, the heaviest of its kind ever confirmed. The team stabilized an extremely rare three‑atom ...

Astrobiology Apr 20, 2026

New device aims to protect the Earth from Martian microbes

The possibility of life on other planets is one of the biggest mysteries in science. But what would happen if we actually found it? Our scientists are preparing for this possibility by helping to develop a new system that ...

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