From photons to protons: Team makes breakthrough in high-energy particle detection
Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow ...
Scientists uncover key mechanism linking microtubules and chemotherapy, enhancing cancer drug efficacy
A joint research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) and the Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong has uncovered an unexpected interaction between chemotherapeutic agents and a ...
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‘Science became my refuge’: From Honduras to a Nobel lab via Cork
UCC’s Dr Yensi Flores Bueso overcame institutional and societal challenges to develop a successful career in cancer research.
Microwaving your coffee changes it, and other lessons learned (while sipping espresso) in MIT’s coffee class
This February marks the second year of the MIT class “Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup.” ...
Excitons in organic semiconductors: Unraveling their quantum entanglement and dynamics
Excitons, encountered in technologies like solar cells and TVs, are quasiparticles formed by an electron and a positively charged "hole," moving together in a semiconductor. Created when an electron ...
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Faculty and staff talk merging computer science depts. in Tandon, CAS
A group of faculty and staff will evaluate the possibility of creating a new computer science department that would ...
Scientists Just Discovered a New Way to Transform Matter
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a groundbreaking method to transform graphite into materials with ...
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'Living' electrodes breathe new life into traditional silicon electronics
Researchers have developed advanced terahertz photodetectors containing 'living' microelectrodes. A vanadium dioxide (VO2) layer was precisely deposited on a silicon substrate. Temperature regulation ...
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Never seen before quantum state discovered in graphene could advance computing
Researchers discovered new quantum states in twisted graphene layers, paving the way for energy-efficient electronics and ...
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For the first time, we know the shape of electrons, thanks to a breakthrough in quantum physics
For the first time, scientists have figured out what an electron actually looks like while moving through a solid—a major ...
Scientists achieve optical control of phase and group velocities in everyday liquids
The phase and the group velocity of light propagating in conventional optical media cannot exceed the speed of light in vacuum. However, in so-called epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials, light exhibits ...