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May 21, 2025Press Release Biology Medicine / Disease

Gut bacteria and acetate, a great combination for weight loss

May 21, 2025Research Highlight Biology

How the placebo effect tricks the mind into relieving pain
Scientists have determined for the first time how the placebo effect administers pain relief

May 15, 2025Press Release Biology

How the brain allows us to infer emotions

May 15, 2025Research Highlight Biology

How hunger pangs push back the onset of puberty
A neural connection between sensations of hunger and the delayed onset of puberty has been teased out for the first time

May 15, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Extending the applicability of a key quantum law
Even quantum systems with long-range interactions between particles can be analyzed using a key principle

May 9, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Boosting quantum error correction using AI
A method for fixing errors that occur in quantum computers is made massively more efficient through deep learning

May 9, 2025Research Highlight Chemistry

Sulfur-capped carbon nanobelts promise novel applications
A remarkably easy way to cap carbon nanobelts with sulfur atoms has been demonstrated

May 1, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Investigating the link between genes and vertebrae in tetrapods
A clear link between the arrangement of vertebrae in the spine and certain genes holds for mammals, but not for birds and amphibians

May 1, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Calculating the strong attraction of a charming particle
Calculations pin down the strong attraction between a proton or neutron and a charmonium

Apr. 23, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Tightening the math behind a key quantum process
Researchers shed light on the quantum process of distillable entanglement by developing an exact mathematical expression for it

Apr. 17, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Mouse model reveals how a mutation protects against Alzheimer’s disease
A new model mouse for the neurodegenerative disorder has helped uncover the protective mechanism of a genetic mutation

Apr. 17, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Lipid ‘nanodomains’ hold the key to cell signaling mystery
The role that tiny globules of fat in the cell membrane play in regulating an important protein has been imaged on a molecular level

Apr. 11, 2025Research Highlight Biology

How one bad protein can affect both immunity and brain development
Some mutated proteins not only fail to function properly―they can also hinder the tasks of other proteins

Apr. 11, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Simpler is better when it comes to terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
Simplifying the experimental setup of spectroscopy based on terahertz waves makes it much faster and more stable

Mar. 31, 2025Press Release Physics / Astronomy Engineering

A simple way to control superconductivity

Mar. 31, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Controlling self-assembly better than nature does
Applying a magnetic field to rod-like viruses induces them to form disks of tunable shape and size

Mar. 27, 2025Feature Highlight Chemistry

Plastic-like materials that dissolve in the sea
Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics pollution crisis.

Mar. 27, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Transistor reshapes electronic properties of a 2D material
Squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can turn it from a semiconductor into a metal, superconductor or insulator

Mar. 19, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Refined test could improve Parkinson’s disease diagnosis
By tweaking how patient samples are measured, researchers have improved accuracy in tracking Parkinson’s disease

Mar. 19, 2025Research Highlight Biology

When it comes to modeling, even unmeasurable data tells us something
Leaving unmeasurable data out of mathematical models for tumor growth can produce inaccurate results