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Phys.org / Electrically controllable 3D magnetic hopfions realized in chiral magnets

A research team from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Anhui University, ShanghaiTech University, and the University ...

15 hours ago in Physics
Medical Xpress / From the lab to the living room: Decoding Parkinson's patients' movements in the real world

Scientists have traditionally studied how the brain controls movement by asking patients to perform structured tasks while connected to multiple sensors in a lab. While these studies have provided important insights, these ...

14 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Fossil evidence reveals how gray wolves adapt diets to climate change

Gray wolves adapt their diets as a result of climate change, eating harder foods such as bones to extract nutrition during warmer climates, new research has found. The study, led by the University of Bristol in collaboration ...

14 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Rule-breaking discovery reveals new way to strengthen metal in extreme conditions

There's a reason why blacksmiths fire metals before hammering them. Heat always softens metal, making it more malleable and easier to reshape. Or does it? In a surprising new study, Northwestern University engineers discovered ...

14 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Shaping carbon fiber with electricity: Wireless voltage pulses drive reversible bending

Controlled manipulation of fibers that are as thin as or even thinner than human hair is a real challenge. Despite technological development, the precise and reversible change of the microfibers' orientation is not easy. ...

14 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / Midair haptics and levitation may get steadier with predictable ultrasonic airflow

Acoustic streaming generated by airborne ultrasonic phased arrays plays a critical role in the performance of advanced ultrasonic technologies, including midair haptic feedback, odor delivery, and acoustic levitation. Researchers ...

14 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Ancestral motif enables broad DNA binding by NIN, a master regulator of rhizobial symbiosis

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have uncovered a master transcriptional regulator that controls rhizobial symbiosis between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By identifying an amino acid motif that emerged before ...

15 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / False alarm in newborn screening: How zebrafish can prevent unnecessary spinal muscular atrophy therapies

A positive newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is currently considered a medical emergency. Without early treatment, severe disability or death in infancy are likely. However, research findings from Germany ...

14 hours ago in Genetics
Tech Xplore / 'Dynamic plastic delocalization' can slow metal alloy cracking, engineers find

Metal alloys crack and fail through a mechanism called "fatigue" when repeatedly loaded and strained. While it is well known how to design alloys to withstand static loads and pressures, it is very difficult to design resistance ...

14 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Hunting dark matter 'stars' that mimic black holes

Hypothetical dark matter stars known as "boson stars" could leave telltale ripples across the cosmos, offering researchers a new way to probe the invisible forces shaping the universe. In 2019, a strange event was observed ...

14 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Scientists decipher how two bacterial species cooperate to avoid being eaten

Back in 2021, Pierre Stallforth and his team at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) showed that bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Paenibacillus join forces to protect ...

16 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / How pancreatic cancer prepares the tumor environment: A possible biomarker for the earliest stage of development

Even before a tumor in the pancreas becomes discernible, an activated cancer gene actively remodels its future environment and creates an inflammatory and immune-defensive microenvironment in which the carcinoma can grow. ...

14 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer