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Space & Cosmos
Euclid opens a treasure trove of data and gives you a glimpse into the deep fields
A powerful gravitational lens captured by Euclidean. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, M. Walmsley, M. Huertas-Company, J.-C. Image processing by Cuillandre On March 19, 2025, the European Space Agency’s Euclidean Mission will release the first batch of research data, including previews of deep areas. Here, hundreds of thousands of galaxies of various shapes and sizes take the central stage, giving you a…
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Nanotechnology
“Molecular Library” opens a new frontier of biological spacetime
Map library generation and development of high-throughput bulk lysis assays. Credit: Natural Methods (2024). doi:10.1038/s41592-024-02517-x To find solutions to diseases like cancer, scientists are pursuing a new frontier in biology: the spatial and temporal location in which our cells live. When first-generation drugs target single molecules, new tools and techniques are needed to preempt resistance diseases by targeting the surrounding…
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Science
Artificial receptor made from coronavirus DNA opens new avenues for research
Effects of binding epitopes on receptor function. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08121-5 A team of microbiologists and virologists from Wuhan University, in collaboration with colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Washington, and Humabs BioMed SA, have discovered that coronavirus DNA can be used to create receptors that can be attached to cell membranes. . Human or…
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Physics
New state of thorium opens possibilities for nuclear clocks
Increase in nuclear excitation probability with a single laser pulse. The symbol η (η) represents the relative strength between the interaction energy and the transition energy. The dashed purple line near the top represents a 10% probability. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.152503 Why do we have atomic clocks but not nuclear clocks? After all, the nucleus is usually…
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Nanotechnology
Atomic-level engineering of perovskite materials opens the way to new lasers and LEDs
Graphical summary. Credit: Matter (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2024.09.010 Researchers have developed and demonstrated a technique that can process a class of materials called layered hybrid perovskites (LHPs) down to the atomic level. This determines exactly how the material converts electrical charge into light. This technology opens the door to engineering materials for use in next-generation printed LEDs and lasers, and is…
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Earth
AI tool that scans grains of sand opens window into recent and distant past
A scanning electron microscope reveals the shape and texture of quartz sand grains from the Mississippi River. The grains in this photo are about 200 micrometers long. Courtesy of Michael Hasson/Stanford University Stanford University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based tool called SandAI that can reveal the history of quartz sand grains going back hundreds of millions of years, allowing…
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