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Phys.org / Cold case solved: Team confirms identity of medieval duke from Árpád and Rurik dynasties
An international project led by Hungarian researchers has successfully identified the remains of Duke Béla, the Ban of Macsó, a member of the Árpád and Rurik dynasties. The investigations have answered a century-old archaeological ...
Phys.org / Scientists map DNA folding at single base-pair resolution in living cells
Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that control when and how genes are ...
Phys.org / AI-designed antibodies created from scratch
Research led by the University of Washington reports on an AI-guided method that designs epitope-specific antibodies and confirms atomically precise binding using high-resolution molecular imaging, then strengthens those ...
Phys.org / Motor protein 'hook' reveals how neurons deliver cargo with precision
For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside cells. But how these molecular vehicles identify and bind to the right cargo remained a mystery. ...
Phys.org / New polariton technology could advance thin infrared detectors in various industries
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed an organic infrared photodiode that achieves record-level sensitivity in devices that are ultrathin and ready to be integrated into different applications. This ...
Phys.org / Rapa Nui's catastrophic deforestation: Invasive rats, not just humans, may be to blame
Dr. Terry Hunt from the University of Arizona and Dr. Carl Lipo from the University of Birmingham have published a study in the Journal of Archaeological Sciences, reassessing the role of Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) ...
Phys.org / Compact laser system shows 80% efficiency for ultrashort light pulses is possible
Lasers that emit extremely short light pulses are highly precise and are used in manufacturing, medical applications, and research. The problem: efficient short-pulse lasers require a lot of space and are expensive.
Phys.org / Nearby pulsar offers insights into emission physics near the death line
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and elsewhere have observed a nearby pulsar known as PSR J2129+4119. Results of the observational ...
Phys.org / Simply turning up the heat could transform chemical manufacturing
Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost method to drive key chemical reactions, which could make large-scale drug manufacturing faster, more accessible and affordable.
Phys.org / Entanglement swapping using sum-frequency generation between single photons demonstrated for first time
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has successfully demonstrated entanglement swapping (one of the key quantum communication protocols) using sum-frequency generation (SFG) between ...
Phys.org / Temperature triggers distinct RhRu₃Oₓ reaction mechanisms, offering clues for better water-splitting catalysts
The oxygen evolution reaction is more relevant to your daily life than you would think. It is used in many electrochemical devices, such as batteries. However, this reaction still has a lot of room for improvement that would ...
Phys.org / Three nonlinear optical materials achieve sub-200-nm cutoff edges for advanced photonics
Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials play a vital role in modern photonic technology, driving advancements in applications such as laser frequency conversion, ultrafast optical switching, and quantum information processing. ...
