An international team of researchers led by the University of Bern has used observation-based computer modeling to find an explanation for how macromolecules can form in a short time in disks of gas and dust around young ...
Astronomy
Jul 30, 2024
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Ice is far more complicated than most of us realize, with over 20 different varieties known to science, forming under various combinations of pressure and temperature. The kind we use to chill our drinks is known as ice I, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 26, 2024
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When water gets inside nanopores with sizes below 10 nanometers, new physics emerge: new phases of ice were observed and ultrafast proton transport was measured. Confined water also plays a role in biology, where aquaporins ...
Nanophysics
Jul 25, 2024
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In a paper in Physical Review Letters scientists from the department Living Matter Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) propose a mechanism on how energy barriers in complex systems ...
General Physics
Jul 25, 2024
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An international research team from Germany's Forschungszentrum Jülich and Korea's IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) has developed a quantum sensor capable of detecting minute magnetic fields at the atomic-length ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 25, 2024
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Peptides are gradually emerging as middle-sized therapeutic agents for addressing unmet medical needs. Compared to small-molecule drugs, peptides can target complex biological processes more precisely while being generally ...
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2024
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A research team affiliated with UNIST has developed a novel catalyst that mimics the ability of a natural enzyme to break down harmful hydrocarbons, paving the way for a more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 23, 2024
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A Chinese lunar probe found traces of water in samples of the moon's soil, scientists have said, as the country pushes its ambitious space program into high gear.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 23, 2024
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When Northeastern graduate Camille Martin and associate professor Leila Deravi co-founded Seaspire, a skincare ingredients company inspired by pigment in octopus and squid, their goal was to create a product that is good ...
Biotechnology
Jul 22, 2024
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MicroRNAs can make plants more capable of withstanding drought, salinity, pathogens and more. However, in a study published in Nature Plants, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists show just how much we didn't know about ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 19, 2024
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