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Press Release Feb. 10, 2021

A recipe for cyclical regeneration of bioengineered hair
Next stop: clinical hair regeneration

Research Highlight Feb. 5, 2021

Inductance based on a quantum effect has the potential to miniaturize inductors
Inductors are set to join other electronic components in being miniaturized thanks to a quantum effect

Press Release Feb. 4, 2021

A new tool in the search for axions

Press Release Jan. 22, 2021

Alpha particles lurk at the surface of neutron-rich nuclei

Research Highlight Jan. 22, 2021

Smart imaging system captures individual fly life-cycle transitions
A new scanning system uses artificial intelligence to detect subtle developmental changes in fruit flies

Press Release Jan. 15, 2021

Filling a crucial gap in aquafarming: ion beam breeding to the rescue

Research Highlight Jan. 15, 2021

Changes in nutrient storage and metabolism help fruit flies reach maturity
Hormonal signals trigger a profound shift in metabolism and nutrient consumption as fly larvae approach metamorphosis

Research Highlight Jan. 15, 2021

Green millet genome resource provides a valuable tool for studying major crops
Diverse green millet genomes offer scientists a glimpse into its evolutionary history and a tool to examine maize, sorghum, and domesticated millet

Research Highlight Jan. 8, 2021

Mysterious magnetar may power gamma-ray binary star system
The enormous magnetic field generated by a spinning neutron star could explain the intense luminosity of a binary star system

Perspectives Dec. 25, 2020

Hijacking hibernation
In the last few years, scientists have been able to clarify the energy-saving mechanisms at work in hibernation, culminating in two important papers published in June 2020. But what does this mean for human hibernation?

Research Highlight Dec. 25, 2020

Quantum nanodevice can be both a heat engine and a fridge at the same time
A quantum nanodevice can simultaneously act as a heat engine and a refrigerator

Feature Highlight Dec. 25, 2020

A one-way street for sound waves
A new way for sound waves to interact with magnetic film could lead to 80% more directional control.

Research Highlight Dec. 18, 2020

Brain cells involved in mouse social behavior identified
Some cells in the brain area known as the insular cortex play a key role in the social exploratory behavior of mice

Research Highlight Dec. 11, 2020

A harmonic marriage between optics and mechanics could help physicists build the next generation of particle accelerators
A common type of oscillating motion surprisingly mimics the wave behavior of light

Research Highlight Dec. 11, 2020

Combined approach for probing interfacial electrochemistry in greater detail
A self-assembled monolayer of a redox-active molecule aids the electrochemical–spectroscopic analysis of charged interfaces

Press Release Dec. 8, 2020

Can sting rays and electric rays help us map the ocean floor?

Research Highlight Dec. 4, 2020

Simplifying long-range quantum interactions in many-body systems
An assumption that makes it easier to model quantum matter is shown to be true in a broader range of materials

Press Release Dec. 1, 2020

A shapeshifting material based on inorganic matter

Research Highlight Nov. 27, 2020

Environmental cues control cassava flowering
Cassava plants flower in the dry season in mountainous areas

Press Release Nov. 24, 2020

Experimental evolution reveals how bacteria gain drug resistance