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Jul. 25, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Antiferromagnet shows promise for harvesting energy
A new magnetic material is very effective at changing heat into electricity

Jul. 24, 2025Perspectives Other

Doing unconventional science
Interview with Motoko Kotani, Executive Director of Science, Pioneering Science Domain

Jul. 24, 2025Press Release Biology Medicine / Disease

Japanese drinkers’ response to alcohol can be divided into three distinct clusters

Jul. 23, 2025Press Release Biology Computing / Math

How our body keeps time in the heat

Jul. 17, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

How a triatomic molecule works off excess energy
A simple molecular ion, consisting of three atoms, exhibits complex cooling dynamics when excited

Jul. 15, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Going to equal lengths to find proteins that bind to bioactive molecules
Using strands of DNA and messenger RNA that are the same length could aid the search for new drugs

Jul. 10, 2025Press Release Physics / Astronomy Computing / Math

AI vs Supercomputers round 1: galaxy simulation goes to AI

Jul. 10, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Making excitons on demand in single molecules
Excitons have been created by injecting an electron into a molecule, and then removing another one, in rapid succession

Jun. 13, 2025Press Release Computing / Math

Advent of the topological quantum battery

Jun. 12, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Modeling how the fly brain simplifies odor information
A modified machine-learning algorithm can provide a biologically plausible synaptic learning rule that reduces the complexity in sensory activity within the brain of a fruit fly

Jun. 6, 2025Press Release Biology Chemistry

Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons

May 28, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in electron systems proves elusive
What looked like a genuine case of spontaneous symmetry breaking was actually caused by tiny strains in samples

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