/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. An international team of anthropologists, cultural heritage specialists and lab analysts has found tattoos of a type never seen before on the face and arm of an 800-year-old Andean mummy. Their paper is published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage. /news/2025-05-tattoos-rare-composition-year-andean.html Archaeology Tue, 20 May 2025 15:50:01 EDT news666974555 Researchers at the University of Sydney have successfully performed a quantum simulation of chemical dynamics with real molecules for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the application of quantum computing to chemistry and medicine. /news/2025-05-quantum-simulation-captures-driven-chemical.html Analytical Chemistry Thu, 15 May 2025 12:04:04 EDT news666529441 A research team has developed a "next-generation AI electronic nose" capable of distinguishing scents like the human olfactory system does and analyzing them using artificial intelligence. This technology converts scent molecules into electrical signals and trains AI models on their unique patterns. It holds great promise for applications in personalized health care, the cosmetics industry, and environmental monitoring. /news/2025-05-ai-powered-electronic-nose-diverse.html Bio & Medicine Fri, 02 May 2025 11:43:04 EDT news665404982 On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain stability in its harsh environment. Unlike sea urchins, which use their glue-secreting tube feet to adhere to their surroundings, sculpins manage to grip without a specialized adhesive organ like tube feet or the suction cups of octopuses. /news/2025-04-microscopic-fin-features-sculpins-turbulent.html Plants & Animals Cell & Microbiology Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:41:04 EDT news664641661 Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences, such as anxiety or panic attacks. To help health care providers tell the difference, a team led by scientists at Penn State has created a stretchable, rechargeable sticker that can detect real emotions—by measuring things like skin temperature and heart rate—even when users put on a brave face. /news/2025-04-high-tech-sticker-real-human.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:19:05 EDT news664467541 New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for many tasks and lasted for a long time. /news/2025-04-stone-tool-discovery-people-east.html Archaeology Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:07:04 EDT news662728021 An international team of paleontologists, geoscientists and biologists has found via analysis of melanosome patterns in fossilized Mesozoic mammals, that they most likely had dark, uniformly dull fur coloring. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes how they created a predictive model to analyze melanosome patterns found in fossilized fur samples. /news/2025-03-melanosome-patterns-mesozoic-mammals-dark.html Paleontology & Fossils Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:36:05 EDT news661163756 Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn apart. /news/2025-03-supercomputer-molecular-blueprint-dna.html Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:33:05 EDT news661019581 Many biologically important molecules change shape when stimulated by UV radiation. Although this property can also be found in some drugs, it is not yet well understood. Using an innovative technique, an international team involving researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt, the European XFEL in Schenefeld and the Deutschen Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg has elucidated this ultra-fast process, and made it visible in slow motion, with the help of X-ray light. The method opens up exciting new ways of analyzing many other molecules. /news/2025-03-ray-snapshot-substance.html Optics & Photonics Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:15:05 EDT news660824101 Touch a hot plate and your hand flies back. While the response is almost instant, researchers are still working to better understand the molecular mechanisms behind these sensations of heat and pain. /news/2025-03-receptor-pain-therapies.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:48:53 EST news660563327 Nature is full of masters of disguise. From the chameleon to arctic hare, natural camouflage is a common yet powerful way to survive in the wild. But one animal might surprise you with its camouflage capabilities: the squid. /news/2025-03-squid-nature-camouflagers-explanation.html Biochemistry Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:27:04 EST news660490021 Stretchable display materials, which are gaining traction in the next-generation display market, have the advantage of being able to stretch and bend freely, but the limitations of existing materials have resulted in distorted screens and poor fit. /news/2025-02-transparent-stretchable-substrate-image-distortion.html Nanomaterials Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:35:21 EST news659975701 Let's dive into one of those cosmic curiosities that's bound to blow your mind: how we might chat with aliens. And no, I'm not talking about elaborate coded messages or flashy signals. We're talking about something incredibly fundamental—21 cm radiation. /news/2025-02-youre-aliens.html Astronomy Astrobiology Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:04:02 EST news659628241 A solution to injuries from slips and falls may be found underfoot—literally. The footpads of geckos have hydrophilic (water-loving) mechanisms that allow the little animals to easily move over moist, slick surfaces. /news/2025-01-animal-footpads-polymer-ice.html Polymers Analytical Chemistry Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:17:06 EST news657451021 A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has achieved a groundbreaking quantum simulation of the non-Hermitian skin effect in two dimensions using ultracold fermions, marking a significant advance in quantum physics research. /news/2025-01-physicists-simulation-hermitian-skin-effect.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:49:38 EST news655570171 As the demand for thinner, lighter, and more flexible electronic devices grows, the need for advanced manufacturing processes has become critical. Polyimide (PI) films are widely used in these applications due to their excellent thermal stability and mechanical flexibility. They are crucial for emerging technologies like rollable displays, wearable sensors, and implantable photonic devices. /news/2025-01-graphene-technique-ultrathin-flexible-electronics.html Nanomaterials Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:19:03 EST news655561141 Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience. But the physics that causes the spark is surprisingly intricate. /news/2024-12-static-everyday.html Other Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:41:47 EST news652527700 A team of researchers led by professors Wybren Jan Buma at the University of Amsterdam and Vasilios Stavros at the University of Warwick (U.K.) have laid the groundwork for using urocanic acid and its derivatives as a novel class of sunscreen filters. Urocanic acid is a naturally occurring UV-A and UV-B absorbing compound found in the skin. /news/2024-11-generation-nature-sunscreens-molecular-scaffold.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:46:05 EST news651501957 Queen Mary University of London researchers have developed new nanocomposite films using starch instead of petroleum-based materials, marking a significant advancement in the field of sustainable electronics. /news/2024-10-scientists-starch-nanocomposite-pave-green.html Nanomaterials Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:32:03 EDT news649589521 Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz first became intrigued by malaria when he was a young boy in South Africa. His father, who scouted the continent in search of wood for the family business, brought back not only tales of elephants and gorillas but also skin rashes and ringing in his ears, side effects of the quinine he took to prevent malaria. /news/2024-10-definitive-atomic-heme-crystals-malaria.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:37:06 EDT news649327022 The development of new compounds and science aided by artificial intelligence are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Chemistry Prize announced Wednesday. /news/2024-10-ai-aided-materials-eyed-nobel.html Other Wed, 09 Oct 2024 04:25:51 EDT news647666746 Researchers have developed a new way to see organs within a body by rendering overlying tissues transparent to visible light. The counterintuitive process—a topical application of food-safe dye—was reversible in tests with animal subjects, and may ultimately apply to a wide range of medical diagnostics, from locating injuries to monitoring digestive disorders to identifying cancers. /news/2024-09-window-body-technique-skin-invisible.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:00:01 EDT news644751351 A perfect combination of fiber optics and micro/nanotechnology, optical micro/nanofiber (MNF) is a new type of micro/nano-waveguide structure developed in recent years. /news/2024-08-advances-optical-micronanofiber-enabled-tactile.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:39:03 EDT news644240341 Skin-like displays are critical components of information output in next-generation portable and wearable electronics. Currently, all such displays are fabricated on glass or thick plastic substrates, limiting the inherent mechanical flexibility of organic materials and preventing intimate skin contact. /news/2024-08-vertically-stacked-skin-matrix-display.html Optics & Photonics Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:11:02 EDT news642157858 The use of wearable electronics that continuously monitor biosignals has transformed the health care and fitness industries. These devices are becoming increasingly common and are projected to reach a market valuation of approximately USD 572.06 billion by 2033. /news/2024-07-flexible-durable-bioelectrodes-future-health.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:46:03 EDT news639218762 For years, Prof. Bozhi Tian's lab has been learning how to integrate the world of electronics—rigid, metallic, bulky—with the world of the body—soft, flexible, delicate. In their latest work, they have created a prototype for what they call "living bioelectronics": a combination of living cells, gel, and electronics that can integrate with living tissue. /news/2024-05-scientists-bioelectronics-skin.html Biochemistry Materials Science Fri, 31 May 2024 11:20:14 EDT news636373210 Researchers have discovered how the protein XPD detects severe DNA damage and controls its repair. /news/2024-05-dna-mechanism-elucidated-cryo-electron.html Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 28 May 2024 10:49:03 EDT news636112141 In the rapidly evolving field of photonics, an advancement has emerged from Korea, redefining the possibilities of structural color manipulation. Scientists have developed a pioneering technology capable of omnidirectional wavelength tuning, which promises to revolutionize a myriad of tunable photonic applications. /news/2024-05-omnidirectional-wavelength-tuning-method-possibilities.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 22 May 2024 11:46:03 EDT news635597161 Skin functions as a sophisticated sensorial system in the human body, capable not only of detecting environmental stimuli—such as temperature, pressure, strain, and vibration—but also of actively responding to these changes. Among these, the temperature regulation capability of the skin plays a critical role in maintaining the stability of homeothermic animals. /news/2024-05-temperature-dynamically-strategy-wound-tissue.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Mon, 06 May 2024 14:28:42 EDT news634224520 Cancer-causing flame retardants found in everyday things like plastics, furniture, fabrics and electronics can be sucked up by the skin and absorbed into the bloodstream in 24 hours, scientists have found. /news/2024-04-toxic-fireproof-chemicals-absorbed-3d.html Environment Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:09:04 EDT news632671741