Scientists have proposed a more efficient combination of evaluating drug concentrations
Scientists at Baltic Federal University have suggested evaluating concentration and chemical composition of drugs by means of vibrational spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance instead of conventional complex approaches
Scientists from BFU suggested accessible methodology that is an alternative to synchrotron researches
Researchers studied the structure of diamond anvils - components of cells for creating the high pressures - on more accessible than synchrotron laboratory machine
Preventing Collisions of Small Satellites
Small satellites with a mass of up to 20 kilograms are increasingly being used for commercial purposes, for example for telecommunications services, Earth observation missions or for testing new technologies in space.
New study confirms the light from outside our galaxy brighter than expected
Scientists analyzed new measurements showing that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies, challenging assumptions about the number and environment of stars are in the universe.
Using Machine Learning to Better Understand How Water Behaves
New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology uses machine learning models to better understand water's phase changes, opening more avenues for a better theoretical understanding of various substances. With this technique, the researchers found strong computational evidence in support of water's liquid-liquid transition that can be applied to real-world systems that use water to operate.
Deblurring Can Reveal 3D Features of Heavy-Ion Collisions
When the nuclei of atoms are about to collide in an experiment, their centers never perfectly align along the direction of relative motion, leading to complex collisions. A deblurring algorithm from optics can help nuclear physicists examine the pattern of emissions from these collisions as if the initial nuclear centers were under tight control.
Dynamical fractal discovered in clean magnetic crystal
The nature and properties of materials depend strongly on dimension.
Earth surface pressure data will help to model dangerous meteorological storms
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University scientists demonstrated that atmospheric wave processes can be calculated by device registered Earth surface atmospheric pressure fluctuations.
Department of Energy Announces $35 Million to Build Research Capacity, Infrastructure, and Expertise at Institutions Historically Underrepresented in Science
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million to build research capacity, infrastructure, and expertise at institutions historically underrepresented in science, including minority serving institutions (MSIs) and emerging research institutions (ERIs). FAIR will enhance research at these institutions on clean energy, climate, and additional topics spanning the Office of Science portfolio. This investment will help develop a diverse, vibrant, and excellent scientific workforce and contribute to the science innovation ecosystem.
Hot salt, clean energy: How artificial intelligence can enhance advanced nuclear reactors
In a recent study, Argonne National Laboratory researchers showed how artificial intelligence could help pinpoint the right types of molten salts for nuclear reactors.
Confining quarks
A new way to study quarks, one of the building blocks of the protons and neutrons that make up atomic nuclei, is proposed.
Laser controls ultra-fast liquid switch
All the operations of computers and smartphones are based on circuits.
Fruit flies use two muscles to control pitch for stable flight
The flight of insects may look effortless but, as with any animal, their movements would be wildly uneven without an intricate system of neural signaling and muscle response to stabilize and steer them.
DOE Announces $32 Million in Research Opportunities for Underrepresented Groups
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 41 awards totaling $32 million to 37 institutions to support historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and diversify American leadership in the physical sciences, including energy and climate. The funding, through the DOE Office of Science's Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative, will support internships, training programs, and mentor opportunities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and other research institutions. Ensuring America's best and brightest students have pathways to STEM fields will be key to achieving President Biden's energy and climate goals, including achieving a net-zero carbon economy by 2050.
To Make Valuable Bioproducts, Pick the Right Solvent Pretreatment
Lignin in plant cell walls can be broken down into component polymers that can in turn be converted into valuable bioproducts, but deconstructing lignin is difficult. Researchers have now showed that some solvents are more effective than others at getting between the cellulosic and lignin polymers in switchgrass variants.
It's colossal: Creating the world's largest dilution refrigerator
To cool quantum computing components, researchers use machines called dilution refrigerators. Researchers and engineers from the SQMS Center are building Colossus, the largest, most powerful refrigerator at millikelvin temperatures ever made. The new machine will enable new physics and quantum computing experiments.
New AI technology to Measure the Noisiness of Upstairs Neighbors
KICT has announced a new approach for predicting the footstep sounds of upstairs residents using a convolutional neural network(CNN) model based on vibration signals.
5th HK Tech Forum investigates quantum physics and complex systems
Leading academic and industry researchers in the rapidly developing fields of quantum computation, quantum physics, and related areas gathered at the HK Tech Forum on Quantum Physics and Complex Systems hosted by the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) from 7 to 9 December.
Scientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils (tiny tornadoes of dust, grit) on Mars
When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on the planet's surface. Scientists have used it to make the first-ever audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind.
Scientists enhance stability of new material for solar cells
Scientists at the University of Missouri used Argonne's Advanced Photon Source to identify the structure of a perovskite material grown using chemical vapor deposition, potentially representing a breakthrough for solar cells.
Particles of Light May Create Fluid Flow, Data-Theory Comparison Suggests
A new computational analysis by theorists at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Wayne State University supports the idea that photons (a.k.a. particles of light) colliding with heavy ions can create a fluid of "strongly interacting" particles. In a new paper they show that calculations describing such a system match up with data collected by the ATLAS detector at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Quantum repeaters and their role in information technology
What are quantum repeaters, and how do they work? This explainer lays what these devices do, their role in entanglement swapping, and how the Q-NEXT quantum center is advancing the technology.
Watching Water Droplets Merge on the International Space Station
In Physics of Fluids, researchers design and analyze droplet experiments that were done on the International Space Station. The researchers sent four different surfaces with various roughness properties to the station, where they were mounted to a lab table. Cameras recorded the droplets as they spread and merged. The experimental results confirmed and expanded the parameter space of the Davis-Hocking model, a simple way to simulate droplets.