AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings. For example, many antidepressants are...
World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way...
New Technology Allows More Precise View Of The Smallest Nanoparticles
Current state-of-the-art techniques have clear limitations when it comes to imaging the smallest nanoparticles, making it difficult for researchers to study viruses and other...
Scientists Develop Method To Detect Charge Traps In Organic Semiconductors
Scientists at Swansea University have developed a very sensitive method to detect the tiny signatures of so called 'charge traps' in organic semiconductors.
The research,...
Star Clusters Are Only The Tip Of The Iceberg
"Clusters form big families of stars that can stay together for large parts of their lifetime. Today, we know of roughly a few thousand...
Hunting For The Lowest Known Nuclear-Excited State
Nuclear clocks could make our time measurement even more accurate than atomic clocks. The key to this lies in thorium-229, an atomic nucleus whose...
The Most Sensitive And Fastest Graphene Microwave Bolometer
Bolometers are devices that measure the power of incident electromagnetic radiation thru the heating of materials, which exhibit a temperature-electric resistance dependence. These instruments...
Device Could Help Detect Signs Of Extraterrestrial Life
Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures that call it home, different forms of life could have once existed,...
World Record: Plasma Accelerator Operates Right Around The Clock
A team of researchers at DESY has reached an important milestone on the road to the particle accelerator of the future. For the first...
Scientists Discover Way To Make Quantum States Last 10,000 Times Longer
If we can harness it, quantum technology promises fantastic new possibilities. But first, scientists need to coax quantum systems to stay yoked for longer...
