/ 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 new algorithm opens the door for using artificial intelligence and machine learning to study the interactions that happen on the surface of materials. /news/2025-06-advanced-algorithm-catalysts-material-surfaces.html Analytical Chemistry Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:28:03 EDT news669644881 A research team led by Prof. Wan Yinhua from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a machine learning (ML) framework to analyze virus filtration processes in therapeutic protein purification. The new method enables intelligent identification of critical parameters affecting virus retention efficiency and provides predictive guidance for process optimization. The findings were published in the Journal of Membrane Science. /news/2025-06-machine-intelligent-analysis-high-virus.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:09:03 EDT news669550142 Scientists and engineers at UNSW Sydney, who previously developed a method for making green ammonia, have now turned to artificial intelligence and machine learning to make the process even more efficient. /news/2025-06-ai-narrow-catalyst-options-supercharges.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:30:07 EDT news669547318 New research has cast fresh doubt on the origins of one of the most famous insults aimed at William Shakespeare, pointing the finger at a friend of the Bard. /news/2025-06-upstart-crow-insulted-shakespeare.html Archaeology Social Sciences Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:19:17 EDT news669547149 A research team including members from the University of Michigan have unveiled a new observational technique that's sensitive to the dynamics of the intrinsic quantum jiggles of materials, or phonons. /news/2025-06-electron-microscopy-technique-captures-nanoparticle.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:19:04 EDT news669485941 Understanding human biology requires more than mapping our genes—we must also understand how gene expression is regulated to guide healthy development, growth, and maintenance of our body systems over a lifetime. /news/2025-06-genome-switchboard-ai-decode-gene.html Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:15:43 EDT news669471338 The summer of 1975 was the summer of "Jaws." /news/2025-06-years-jaws-eater-myth-revealed.html Plants & Animals Evolution Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:39:05 EDT news669469142 An enzyme type noted in several cancers is the family of adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs). These enzymes convert adenosines in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) into inosines, which cells read as guanosines. As such, ADARs can contribute to changes in protein-coding sequences and diminish the robustness of various RNA processes. /news/2025-06-high-afm-3d-reveal-dynamics.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:34:03 EDT news669468841 Imagine a bacterial cell—one of the multi-drug-resistant varieties that keep infectious disease experts up at night—blown apart like a microscopic firecracker. /news/2025-06-simulations-reveal-snapp-molecules-drug.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:10:04 EDT news669466885 Imagine a computer that does not rely only on electronics but uses light to perform tasks faster and more efficiently. A collaboration between two research teams from Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France have now demonstrated a novel way of processing information using light and optical fibers, opening up the possibility of building ultra-fast computers. The studies are published in Optics Letters and on the arXiv preprint server. /news/2025-06-based-optical-fibers-potential-ultra.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:33:04 EDT news669465182 By combining artificial intelligence and sensors that can see beyond visible light, Arkansas researchers have developed a system that exceeds human discernment when it comes to measuring herbicide-induced stress in plants. /news/2025-06-hyperspectral-sensor-weed-science.html Plants & Animals Agriculture Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:32:05 EDT news669447122 Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered surface patterns that can drastically reduce bacteria's ability to multiply on plastics, which means that infections on medical devices, such as catheters, could be prevented. /news/2025-06-scientists-materials-maze-bacterial-infections.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Wed, 18 Jun 2025 05:00:10 EDT news669368221 Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a common bacterium that lives in the intestines of animals and humans, and it is often used to identify fecal contamination within the environment. E. coli can also easily develop resistance to antibiotics, making it an ideal organism for testing antimicrobial resistance—especially in certain agricultural environments where fecal material is used as manure or wastewater is reused. /news/2025-06-ai-scientists-coli-antibiotic-resistance.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:43:03 EDT news669397381 A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed new AI tools to encourage chemists and chemical engineers to make their processes more sustainable. /news/2025-06-ai-tools-framework-sustainable-chemistry.html Analytical Chemistry Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:55:20 EDT news669383716 Nernst's theorem—a general experimental observation presented in 1905 that entropy exchanges tend to zero when the temperature tends to zero—has been directly linked to the second principle of thermodynamics in a paper published in The European Â鶹ÒùÔºical Journal Plus, whose sole author is University of Seville professor José Martín-Olalla. /news/2025-06-thermodynamics-revisited-year-problem-einstein.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:24:42 EDT news669378277 Antarctic krill is a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem as an important food source for many species, such as whales, seals and penguins. However, the small crustaceans are increasingly targeted as part of a growing fishing industry, which has significant consequences for the entire Southern Ocean ecosystem. Therefore, ways to minimize the negative effects of fishing on the krill themselves and on the animals that feed on them are urgently needed. /news/2025-06-acoustic-reveal-fishing-vessels-whales.html Ecology Agriculture Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:03:58 EDT news669373430 Imagine you're sitting at a pond, listening to the din of croaking frogs. You want to know how many frogs are in the pond, but you can't pick out the individual croaks—only the combined sound rising and falling in volume as frogs start and stop communicating. /news/2025-06-method-enables-scientists-surpass-resolution.html Optics & Photonics Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:16:07 EDT news669352561 An AI approach developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield and AstraZeneca, could make it easier to design proteins needed for new treatments. /news/2025-06-machine-method-accuracy-inverse-protein.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:23:03 EDT news669306181 Tipping points are the death of ecosystems. So scientists watch as warning signs gradually worsen until an ecosystem reaches the point of no return, when animal populations suddenly collapse. While tipping points can sometimes be predicted, what comes next is often shrouded in mystery, stymieing efforts to prevent the impending disaster or prepare for what's to come. /news/2025-06-driven-ecosystem-collapse.html Ecology Molecular & Computational biology Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:03:05 EDT news669294181 Satellite data used by archaeologists to find traces of ancient ruins hidden under dense forest canopies can also be used to improve the speed and accuracy to measure how much carbon is retained and released in forests. /news/2025-06-space-lasers-ai-geospatial-scientist.html Ecology Sat, 14 Jun 2025 04:21:53 EDT news669093704 In the world of particle physics, where scientists unravel the mysteries of the universe, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are making waves with how they're increasing understanding of the most fundamental particles. Central to this exploration are parton distribution functions (PDFs). These complex mathematical models are crucial for predicting outcomes of high energy physics experiments that test the Standard Model of particle physics. /news/2025-06-decoding-high-energy-physics-ai.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:50:03 EDT news669040613 Understanding how drug delivery systems distribute in vivo remains a major challenge in developing nanomedicines. Especially in the lung, the complex and dynamic microenvironment often limits the effectiveness of existing approaches. /news/2025-06-nanogrid-drug-delivery-precise-lung.html Bio & Medicine Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:21:06 EDT news669032452 Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: the dispersal of seeds from large-fruited plants. A new study led by the University of O'Higgins, Chile, with key contributions from IPHES-CERCA, demonstrates for the first time—based on direct fossil evidence—that these extinct elephant relatives regularly consumed fruit and were essential allies of many tree species. /news/2025-06-mastodons-threatens-native-south-american.html Ecology Paleontology & Fossils Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:54:06 EDT news669023642 A research team led by Prof. Xie Pinhua from the Hefei Institutes of Â鶹ÒùÔºical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel prediction model for surface ozone concentration in the North China Plain (NCP) and Yangtze River Delta (YRD) regions. The model leverages a sequential convolutional long short-term memory network framework (CNN-LSTM) to integrate spatiotemporal meteorological features, addressing key limitations in existing forecasting methods. /news/2025-06-ai-powered-ozone-pollution.html Environment Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:44:36 EDT news669005063 Research at the Quantum Systems Accelerator has been steadily breaking new ground, quickening the pace toward flexible, stable quantum computers with capabilities well beyond those of today's classical machines. /news/2025-06-ion-advances-ground-quantum.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:33:05 EDT news668961181 A collaborative effort between Meta, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory leverages Los Alamos' expertise in building tools for molecular screening capabilities. The release of "Open Molecules 2025", an unprecedented dataset of molecular simulations, can accelerate opportunities for machine learning to transform research in fields such as biology, materials science and energy technologies. /news/2025-06-unprecedented-dataset-molecular-simulations-ai.html Analytical Chemistry Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:59:04 EDT news668944742 Janelia researchers are decoding how neurons carry out computations carefully calibrated to an animal's movement and environment to precisely regulate the release of neuromodulators—chemicals that fine-tune brain activity and enable us to adapt to new situations. /news/2025-06-fish-virtual-reality-environment-insights.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:01:22 EDT news668876474 In a new study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have used a cloud of atoms chilled down to incredibly cold temperatures to simultaneously measure acceleration in three dimensions—a feat that many scientists didn't think was possible. /news/2025-06-quantum-device-atoms-3d.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:18:04 EDT news668870281 How can radio astronomers successfully identify extraterrestrial radio signals while discerning them from Earth-based radio signals? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how machine learning could be used to search for extraterrestrial technosignatures while simultaneously identifying radio contamination from human radio signals. /news/2025-06-filtering-terrestrial-contamination-alien.html Astronomy Astrobiology Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:10:05 EDT news668851801 Breathalyzers are a frequently used tool to measure the amount of ethanol in someone's breath, which relates to their blood alcohol content. However, alcoholic beverages contaminated by methanol (sometimes called wood alcohol) are hard to identify and toxic if ingested. /news/2025-06-methanol-poisoning-easily-breathalyzer-sensor.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:00:04 EDT news668748040