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Phys.org / New neutron method reveals inner architecture of drug delivery particles
Modern medicine increasingly relies on targeted drug delivery—a process during which tiny particles (nanoparticles) transport drugs to specific parts of the body. To ensure these treatments are safe and effective, scientists ...
Phys.org / Hidden deep-sea turbulence could alter climate and fisheries within one lifetime
Tiny, invisible swirls and twirls—not much bigger than a coin—deep below the ocean's surface are silently shaping some of the biggest forces shaping our climate: sea level rise, fisheries collapse, extreme flooding and how ...
Medical Xpress / Eye movements reveal personal 'fingerprints' as people explore unfamiliar scenes
Walk into a crowded coffee shop, and what catches your eye as you take in the scene could say as much about you as the spirals on your fingertips or the mutations in your DNA. Eye movements are so unique, in fact, that they ...
Phys.org / Researchers break a fundamental rule to create a new concept: Heat that can be directed and 'programmed'
Normally, a material absorbs and emits heat in a linked way: A surface that absorbs heat well at a certain wavelength and direction will also emit heat in the same way. This fundamental relationship, known as reciprocity, ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover possible cause of muscle pain from widely used cholesterol medication
Millions of people rely on statins, a medication used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. But for some, the drugs come with an unwelcome trade-off: muscle pain, weakness and exercise intolerance ...
Medical Xpress / Why some people are more bothered by low-frequency sounds
Some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise, such as from ventilation systems, heat pumps, wind turbines and transformers. Why is that?
Phys.org / Unraveling the glass-like nature of epithelial tissues
In a new study, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have resolved a longstanding mystery by showing how epithelial tissues exhibit slow-moving, glass-like behavior despite their fast-paced biological activity. ...
Tech Xplore / Low-current standby protects carbon dioxide catalysts for 750 hours and cuts costs 25%
Catalysts that convert waste carbon dioxide into valuable products like acetate are designed to run continuously on electricity for the conversion process. But electricity from renewable energy sources, such as solar or hydroelectric ...
Medical Xpress / The secret of human intelligence may lie in the power of a single brain cell
What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view was that the secret of human intelligence lay mainly in scale: the sheer number of neurons in the ...
Tech Xplore / At the nation's only all-digital nuclear reactor, engineers conduct the first experiments of their kind in the US
Underground on Purdue University's campus is the only nuclear reactor of its kind in the U.S. Although used only for research purposes—the total energy the reactor generates is equivalent to that used by 10 microwave ovens—Purdue ...
Phys.org / Wavelength-multiplexed diffractive optical storage enables massively parallel image retrieval
The explosive growth of data generated by artificial intelligence, cloud computing and modern digital infrastructure is placing increasing pressure on existing information storage technologies. Although magnetic storage systems ...
Medical Xpress / Novel microenvironment-targeted therapy for bone marrow recovery after injury
A healthy bone marrow (BM) produces nearly all types of cells in our blood. Many blood disorders occur when hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the BM malfunction. Treatment with radiation or chemotherapy for many blood disorders ...
