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Environment
High-resolution climate model reveals how Tasman sea temperatures affect global warming in the Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula has seen temperatures rise five times faster than the global average in recent decades. Credit: Bo Hao One of the fastest regions on the planet, the Antarctic Peninsula has seen temperatures rise five times faster than the global average in recent decades. Extreme thermal events, such as the record 20.8°C recorded on Seymour Island in February 2020,…
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Physics
Create real-time, high-resolution imaging of reused smartphone camera sensor anti-proton annihilation
A new AEGIS detector (left) and the selection of anti-proton annihilation that it captured (right). Annihilation appears as a star-shaped event with multiple tracks emanating from a single major vertex. Green, cyan, and orange arrows point to examples of nuclear fragments. Credit: aegis/cern Did you know that camera sensors in your smartphone can unlock antimatter secrets? Aegis collaboration led by…
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Nanotechnology
Biomolecule “Silly Putty”: High-resolution imaging of cell condensates achieved using fluorogen technology
NB and NR bind to nanoscale clusters within the condensate. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02827-7 Biomolecular condensates shift the masses of cells that organize cellular material. They are distinct molecular communities made up of DNA, RNA and proteins that “condensate” molecules in critical places, but often go against explanation. Partly because this is so small that it cannot be measured…
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Science
View details with expansion microscope: a new method illuminates lipid membranes and enables high-resolution protein mapping
Composite images of several synaptic, beta amyloid, and other cell-type marker proteins in ~18x enlarged brains of wild-type (gray) and 5xFad Alzheimer’s disease model mice (pink) captured using MultiEXR. Each color represents a different protein. Credit: Boyden Lab In biology, seeing can lead to understanding, and researchers in Professor Edward Boyden’s lab at McGovern Institute for Brain Research are working…
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Environment
Decoding the effects of gravitational waves on the atmosphere using high-resolution climate simulations
As seen from the International Space Station, when humid air encounters an imbalance in air density, gravitational waves appear over Lake Superior, causing the airflow to oscillate up and down. Credit: NASA/ISS Researchers from Stanford University, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are conducting a summit at the institute’s Summit to better understand…
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Space & Cosmos
A close look at solar fires: Newly analyzed data provides high-resolution views of the entire solar disk for the first time
Solar surface in visible light, constructed from data from Solar Orbiter’s instrument PHI on March 22, 2023. Credit: ESA&NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team The entire solar disk in unprecedented detail. This is illustrated by images of the visible surface of the Sun. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research created it from 25 individual images taken by the ESA…
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Physics
Metalens uses AI to enable high-resolution, full-color imaging of compact optical systems
A metalens, consisting of an array of nanostructures with arbitrary rotation angles, captures the image, which is then reconstructed to produce an output image that closely approximates the quality of the original “ground truth” image. Credit: Advanced Photonics (2024). DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.6.6.066002 Modern imaging systems, such as those used in smartphones, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) devices, are constantly…
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Chemistry
High-resolution IR spectroscopy reveals new insights into hydrogen bonding in hydrogen sulfide
Far-infrared spectrum of H2S-H2S at T = 0.37 K calculated using ab initio intermolecular potentials and dipole functions. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53444-6 At first glance, water and the foul-smelling molecule hydrogen sulfide don’t seem to have much in common. However, if you invest a little energy, some differences will disappear. At first glance, the smell of soft drink…
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