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One-molecule-thick coating to help improve disease and drug testing

A new breakthrough has the potential to improve sensors used to test for diseases and detect doping in sports. An international research team led by scientists from Lancaster University have created a coating only one molecule thick that modifies the surface of sensor electrodes. The molecule used, called beta-cyclodextrin, has a funnel shape with a…

July 9, 20193 minRead time

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Micro ring resonator has highest quality factor to date

Researchers at MIT and Singapore University of Technology (SUTD) have demonstrated a micro ring resonator made of amorphous silicon carbide with the highest quality factor to date. The resonator shows promise to be used as an on-chip photonic light source at the infrared telecom wavelength of 1,550 nanometers. Ordinary daylight will pass through a window…

July 9, 201913 minRead time

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Light-sensing system could show distant galaxies in unprecedented detail

UCLA-developed sensors work at room temperature, unlike current technology that needs extreme cold UCLA EngineeringNing Wang, the study’s lead author, and Professor Mona Jarrahi working on the terahertz detector setup. Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed an ultra-sensitive light-detecting system that could enable astronomers to view galaxies, stars and planetary systems in superb detail.…

July 9, 20195 minRead time

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New Technique Allows Real-Time Microscopy at High Heat and Loading

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows them to track microscopic changes in metals or other materials in real time even when the materials are exposed to extreme heat and loads for an extended period of time — a phenomenon known as “creep.” The technique will expedite efforts to develop and characterize materials for use…

July 8, 20195 minRead time

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DUST STORMS SWIRL AT THE NORTH POLE OF MARS

ESA’s Mars Express has been keeping an eye on local and regional dust storms brewing at the north pole of the Red Planet over the last month, watching as they disperse towards the equator. Local and regional storms lasting for a few days or weeks and confined to a small area are common place on…

July 8, 20194 minRead time

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Three runaway stars believed to be survivors of thermonuclear explosions

A team of researchers with members from Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. has found what they describe as three stars that are example remnants of thermonuclear explosions. They have written a paper describing their findings and have uploaded it to the arXiv preprint server and onto Oxford's Monthly Notices of the Royal Academic Astronomical Society. One of…

July 8, 20193 minRead time

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Cave secrets unlocked to show past drought and rainfall patterns

A first-ever global analysis of cave drip waters has shown where stalagmites can provide vital clues towards understanding past rainfall patterns. In a study published recently in Nature Communications, UNSW Sydney scientists led an international group of researchers to amass the data of 163 drip sites in 39 caves on five continents. They found that in…

July 8, 20193 minRead time

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Scientists develop new method for studying early life in ancient rocks

Scientists have developed a new method for detecting traces of primordial life in ancient rock formations using potassium. The method relies on searching for high concentrations of potassium in ancient sedimentary rocks, rather than traditional methods that look for carbon, sulfur, or nitrogen—which can appear in ancient rocks through processes unrelated to ancient life. “Our…

July 8, 20192 minRead time

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Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors

Every type of atom in the universe has a unique fingerprint: It only absorbs or emits light at the particular energies that match the allowed orbits of its electrons. That fingerprint enables scientists to identify an atom wherever it is found. A hydrogen atom in outer space absorbs light at the same energies as one…

July 8, 20195 minRead time

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Neural nets to simulate molecular motion cast

New work from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Florida is showing that artificial neural nets can be trained to encode quantum mechanical laws to describe the motions of molecules, supercharging simulations potentially across a broad range of fields. "This means we can now model…

July 7, 20193 minRead time

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