/ 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. A research team led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new way to "edit" the internal layers of certain advanced materials, called MAX phases, in a breakthrough that could lead to entirely new kinds of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with valuable technological uses. /news/2025-08-scientists-method-layered-inorganic-materials.html Nanomaterials Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:58:04 EDT news674740676 Topological spin textures, spatially organized patterns linked to the intrinsic angular momentum of particles, have proved to be highly advantageous for the development of spintronics and quantum technologies. One of the most studied among these textures are skyrmionic textures, which are two-dimensional and stable patterns of spin orientation. Recently, the study of skyrmionic textures has gained significant attention in the field of optics and photonics, revealing novel physical properties and promising potential applications. /news/2025-08-topological-textures-scientists-micro-materials.html Optics & Photonics Sat, 16 Aug 2025 07:30:02 EDT news674392450 Researchers have developed a novel way for liquid crystals to retain information about their movement. Using this method could advance technologies like memory devices and sensors, as well as pave the way to future soft materials that are both smart and flexible. /news/2025-08-method-liquid-crystals-recall.html Soft Matter Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:07:04 EDT news674392022 Researchers have developed a high-speed 3D imaging microscope that can capture detailed cell dynamics of an entire small whole organism at once. The ability to image 3D changes in real time over a large field of view could lead to new insights in developmental biology and neuroscience. /news/2025-08-multifocus-microscope-limits-fast-3d.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:00:01 EDT news674382481 A recent study by Dr. Martin Ebert in Zitelliana described two new species from the poorly known genus Thrissops. Thrissops ettlingensis sp. nov. was recently discovered in the lower marine Tithonian Plattenkalk of Ettling, Germany. Meanwhile, Thrissops kimmeridgensis sp. nov. fossils were recovered from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, England. /news/2025-08-thrissops-species-insights-early-teleost.html Evolution Paleontology & Fossils Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:30:01 EDT news674300984 An international study by marine scientists based in Singapore has revealed that sea-level rise in the Indian Ocean began accelerating far earlier than previously thought, with corals providing an unbroken natural record of ocean change stretching back to the early 20th century. /news/2025-08-coral-skeletons-sea-began-earlier.html Earth Sciences Environment Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:41:05 EDT news674206862 As technology advances, photonic systems are gaining ground over traditional electronics, using light to transmit and process information more efficiently. One such optical system is laser beam scanning (LBS), where laser beams are rapidly steered to scan, sense, or display information. /news/2025-07-rgb-multiplexer-based-lithium-niobate.html Optics & Photonics Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:01:17 EDT news672937273 Creating complex structures at the tiniest scales has long been a challenge for engineers. But new research from Georgia Tech shows how electron beams, already widely used in imaging and fabrication, can also be used as ultra-precise tools to both carve and build structures out of materials like copper. /news/2025-07-electron-method-enables-precise-nanoscale.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:10:05 EDT news672656297 In the race toward practical quantum computers and networks, photons—fundamental particles of light—hold intriguing possibilities as fast carriers of information at room temperature. /news/2025-07-metasurfaces-quantum-processors.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:17:38 EDT news672589049 A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, multidisciplinary study of a sperm-whale tooth found in the Copper Age mega-site of Valencina de la Concepción-Castilleja de Guzmán (henceforth referred to as Valencina). /news/2025-07-sperm-whale-tooth-3rd-millennium.html Archaeology Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:20:02 EDT news672055626 The July 4, 2025, floods in Kerr County, Texas, swept away children and entire families, leaving horror in their wake. Days later, flash floods struck Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing three people, including two young children. /news/2025-07-grief-involves-trauma-social-worker.html Social Sciences Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:05:23 EDT news671976317 Quantum mechanics describes the unconventional properties of subatomic particles, like their ability to exist in a superposition of multiple states, as popularized by the Schrödinger's cat analogy, and ability to slip through barriers, a phenomenon known as quantum tunneling. /news/2025-07-tunneling-electrons-alternative-quantum-mechanics.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:10:04 EDT news671364400 An in-depth exploration of the psychology of sports fandom has revealed striking similarities between the neurological and psychological patterns of devoted sports fans and religious dedication. /news/2025-07-psychological-neurological-parallels-sports-fandom.html Social Sciences Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:00:05 EDT news671194442 A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state. /news/2025-07-art-hints-egyptian-kings.html Archaeology Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:00:02 EDT news671111797 A new study reveals a bright spot for shellfish populations in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Combining paleontological tools and archaeological data with conservation research, the paper finds that, for the past 3,000 years, crab and clam species have remained stable in the Broken Group Islands off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. /news/2025-07-crab-clam-resilience-etched-shells.html Plants & Animals Ecology Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:11:04 EDT news671263862 When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual element combining to become, for 40 years, the world's tallest building. Uptown at Columbia, Oleg Gang and his chemical engineering lab aren't building Art Deco architecture; their landmarks are incredibly small devices built from nanoscopic building blocks that arrange themselves. /news/2025-07-3d-material-dna.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Wed, 09 Jul 2025 06:48:05 EDT news671262482 Haozhe "Harry" Wang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) at Duke University and an expert in developing new methods for manufacturing materials, continues to push the boundaries in MXene research. /news/2025-07-mxenes-gain-flexibility-precise-plasma.html Nanomaterials Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:29:14 EDT news671254146 A University of Mississippi ornithologist and researcher is working to make the windows on campus safer for birds. /news/2025-06-bird-friendly-glass-birds.html Plants & Animals Ecology Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:20:03 EDT news669452120 A new filter for infrared light could see scanning and screening technology tumble in price and size. Built on nanotechnology, the new heat-tunable filter promises hand-held, robust technology to replace current desktop infrared spectroscopy setups that are bulky, heavy and cost from $10,000 up to more than $100,000. /news/2025-06-nano-based-filter-infrared-cheap.html Optics & Photonics Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:27:53 EDT news669295666 Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just swamp dwellers—they're some of the oldest living organisms in Eastern North America. Some have been around for more than 2,500 years, quietly thriving in nutrient-poor, flooded forests where most other trees would wither. /news/2025-06-unearthing-climate-secrets-ancient-trees.html Plants & Animals Ecology Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:00:06 EDT news668676541 At the 2025 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC), imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has presented Ru lines at 16nm pitch with average resistance as low as 656Ω/µm. The 16nm pitch metal lines were fabricated using a semi-damascene integration flow optimized for cost-effective manufacturability, making it an attractive approach for fabricating the first local interconnect metal layer of the A7 and beyond technology nodes. /news/2025-06-semi-damascene-approach-enables-16nm.html Nanomaterials Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:10:10 EDT news668315403 Â鶹ÒùÔºicists at Loughborough University have used cutting-edge nanotechnology to create what they believe may be "the world's smallest violin," which is small enough to fit within the width of a human hair. /news/2025-06-physicists-world-smallest-violin-nanotechnology.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:26:29 EDT news668168779 A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique—the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented prime numbers. Similarly, a clay tablet from 1800 B.C.E. inscribed with Babylonian numbers describes a number system built on prime numbers. /news/2025-06-prime-fascinated-mathematicians-centuries-technology.html Mathematics Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:12:04 EDT news668092321 An SMU-led research team has developed a more cost-effective, energy-efficient material called high-entropy oxide (HEO) nanoribbons that can resist heat, corrosion and other harsh conditions better than current materials. /news/2025-05-high-entropy-nanoribbons-effective-solution.html Nanomaterials Thu, 29 May 2025 16:39:04 EDT news667755541 In a world increasingly driven by high-speed communication and low-power electronics, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has proposed a fundamentally new way of manipulating light using the geometry of matter itself. /news/2025-05-ballistic-electrons-gen-terahertz-devices.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Thu, 29 May 2025 10:15:03 EDT news667732501 Water reshapes Earth through slow, powerful erosion, carving intricate landscapes like caves and pinnacles in soluble rocks such as limestone. An international team from the Faculty of Â鶹ÒùÔºics at the University of Warsaw, the University of Florida, and the Institute of Earth Sciences in Orléans has discovered that vertical channels, known as karstic solution pipes, preserve a record of Earth's climatic history. /news/2025-05-underground-channels-ancient-climate.html Earth Sciences Environment Wed, 28 May 2025 12:56:03 EDT news667655761 When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently said he'd sign into law a ban on "weather modification activities"—such as spreading tiny particles into the air from aircraft to control sunlight—it raised long-standing controversies over "geoengineering" and "chemtrails." /news/2025-05-florida-bill-chemtrails-geoengineering.html Earth Sciences Environment Mon, 26 May 2025 09:20:04 EDT news667467780 Plasma—the electrically charged fourth state of matter—is at the heart of many important industrial processes, including those used to make computer chips and coat materials. /news/2025-05-faster-stable-plasma-simulations-advance.html Plasma Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 21 May 2025 17:14:04 EDT news667066441 Imagine drawing on something as delicate as a living cell—without damaging it. Researchers at the University of Missouri have made this discovery using an unexpected combination of tools: frozen ethanol, electron beams and purple-tinted microbes. /news/2025-05-cool-science-craft-tiny-biological.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Tue, 20 May 2025 12:26:04 EDT news666962762 A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological findings. Applying diversity statistics typically used in ecological studies, the researchers found that the Kingdom of Israel had a far more diverse onomastic (naming) landscape than Judah—indicating a more open, cosmopolitan society. /news/2025-05-diversity-social-patterns-ancient-hebrew.html Archaeology Social Sciences Mon, 12 May 2025 15:00:02 EDT news666257762