Administrator Scientists create brilliant white material without a drop of white pigment Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFAS chemicals. Inspired by natural structures in snow, clouds,... materials science
Administrator Scientists are building a microscope powered by a quantum computer Scientists are combining an electron microscope with a quantum computer to squeeze far more information from each electron. The approach could reveal faint details with fewer electrons, helping protec... materials science
Administrator CERN finds gluons behaving strangely deep inside atomic nuclei Physicists at CERN have found a new way to peer deep inside atomic nuclei and distinguish between two competing explanations for how gluons behave. Using the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Colli... materials science
Administrator Nations and big tech to train AI using ‘gold dust’ data from Ukraine Foreign states and technology firms are scrambling for data from the Ukraine war so they can train the next-generation of AI models that might be used in defence and national security 🔗 Read full arti... research science
Administrator Laughter therapy may help people with chronic lung disease An eight-week course of self-administered laughter therapy helped a small number of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease breathe more easily 🔗 Read full article Source: New Scientist... research science
Administrator How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK? Invasive mosquitoes that can carry viruses like dengue, chikungunya and Zika have been found breeding in east London 🔗 Read full article Source: New Scientist... research science
Administrator Quantum oscillations defy expectations in this exotic material Scientists have uncovered an unusual form of electron behavior in zirconium pentatelluride, a quantum material that can act as both an insulator and a conductor. Under temperatures near absolute zero ... materials science
Administrator A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures A search for one mysterious particle unexpectedly revealed evidence for two different structures that may belong to the bizarre family of exotic subatomic particles known as XYZ states. The findings c... materials science
Administrator Dark matter detector finds a strange signal scientists can’t yet explain The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has detected a rare particle interaction that looks unusually difficult to explain as ordinary background noise and appeared where dark matter might be expected. Scientists a... materials science
Administrator Exclusive video of world’s first echidna puggle to be born at a university Echidnas are a difficult animal to breed in captivity, but scientists in Sydney have now managed it, which could improve our understanding of the evolution of pregnancy in mammals 🔗 Read full article ... research science
Administrator MIT physicists discover electrons rebuilding like ice inside a quantum material MIT physicists found that two electronic phases inside the same quantum material emerge through surprisingly different mechanisms—one smoothly and the other in expanding pockets resembling growing ice... materials science
Administrator Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material Scientists have found a surprising way to potentially switch on an unusual form of magnetism in ruthenium dioxide, a material that normally appears nonmagnetic. When the material was made into an ultr... materials science