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General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Apr 11, 2025

Scientists find evidence of universal conformal invariance in diverse cellular movement

In a new Nature Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics study, researchers have provided evidence of universal conformal invariance in living biological cells. They show that a universal feature in the collective behavior emerges in groups of living cells.

Superconductivity Apr 10, 2025

New AI tool set to speed quest for advanced superconductors

Using artificial intelligence shortens the time to identify complex quantum phases in materials from months to minutes, finds a new study published in Newton. The breakthrough could significantly speed up research into quantum ...

Biotechnology Apr 10, 2025

Simple, cost-effective reporter assay can evaluate chemical-induced epigenetic changes

Chemicals used as food preservatives, flavoring agents, dyes, pesticides, cosmetics, cleaners, and other industrial materials are being increasingly recognized as a health hazard. Their rampant use has led to an increase ...

Economics & Business Apr 9, 2025

How windfalls from commodity price booms can come back to bite exporters

When the wholesale prices of essential goods like food or oil suddenly rise, it can cause deep shifts in the economy that upend trade balances and hike inflation rates. This is known as a commodity price boom.

Bio & Medicine Apr 9, 2025

Nanocarriers breach blood-brain barrier to deliver anti-inflammatory medicine

Oregon State University researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 9, 2025

Amplifier with 10-fold bandwidth opens up for super lasers

Rapidly increasing data traffic is placing ever greater demands on the capacity of communication systems. In an article titled "Ultra-broadband optical amplification using nonlinear integrated waveguides" published in Nature, ...

Superconductivity Apr 9, 2025

Study unveils contributions to superconductivity in the vortex lattice structure of 2H-NbSeâ‚‚

Superconductivity is a quantum property of materials entailing an electrical resistance of zero at very low temperatures. In some materials, multiple electronic bands are known to contribute to the emergence of superconductivity, ...

Evolution Apr 8, 2025

Ancient fossil sheds big light on evolution enigma, solving a 100-year arthropod mystery

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite frequent mentions in research ...

Soft Matter Apr 7, 2025

From ketchup to concrete, rolling particles make suspensions more fluid

Lacquers, paint, concrete—and even ketchup or orange juice: Suspensions are widespread in industry and everyday life. By a suspension, materials scientists mean a liquid in which tiny, insoluble solid particles are evenly ...

Condensed Matter Apr 7, 2025

Making the physics of glass more transparent

For centuries, humans have made use of glass in their art, tools, and technology. Despite the ubiquity of this material, however, many of its microscopic properties are not well understood, and it continues to defy conventional ...

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