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Second order surface-specific nonlinear optical spectroscopy, e.g. sum-frequency spectroscopy, has made significant and continuous success in revealing the microscopic structures at surfaces/interfaces since the 1990s.

Taking advantage of a quantum phenomenon called indefinite causal order could make quantum batteries charge more efficiently

Researchers have identified new therapeutic targets for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), an incurable brain disorder with symptoms mimicking Parkinson's and dementia. The study focused on RNA sequencing from brain s...

A megapod of dolphins with thousands of individuals has been captured on video hunting flying fish off the coast of Costa Rica.

A recent study reveals that individuals who experienced childhood adversity, such as neglect or abuse, faced higher chances of COVID-19 hospitalization or mortality in adulthood. Analyzing over 151,200 adults from the UK...

Time can seem to slow down in near-death situations, and speed up as we age. Exactly how does our brain process time?

A study offers insights into how exercise may be connected to the immune system. Conducted in mice, it reveals that exertion-induced muscle inflammation triggers the action of inflammation-countering T cells, termed Treg...

Researchers have discovered a potential link between the microbe C. perfringens and the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). The study suggests that an epsilon toxin from the bacteria might degrade the blood-brain bar...

Ever since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, physicists have wanted to build new particle colliders to better understand the properties of that elusive particle and probe elementary particle physics at ever-highe...

A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.

Winning images from The Nature Conservancy's 2023 Global Photo Contest include a wolf spider in a Maryland park with a hat made of her own babies.

The sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

With five more protons than should be stable, the newly discovered nitrogen-9 isotope sits right on the borderline of physical possibility.

Researchers have used the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center inside a single nanodiamond for quantum sensing to overcome the problem of random particle rotation. Their study is published in Nature Communications.

The fact that nanoparticle and polymer hybrid materials can often combine the advantages of each has been demonstrated in several fields. Embedding PNCs into polymer is an effective strategy to enhance the PNCs stability...

Technology to control and harness light has existed for centuries, often as static solutions that must be custom-designed. It is only in the past couple of decades that the digital era of micro-electronics and computing ...

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful fingerprint analysis and detection technique that plays an important role in the fields of food safety, environmental protection, bio-imaging and hazardous substance...

Contrary to stereotypes, Autistic individuals profoundly experience loneliness, according to new research. The study found that sensory differences play a role in exacerbating loneliness in both Autistic and non-Autistic...

Research on whether animals can recognize themselves in the mirror began in 1970 1 and just a handful of species have since passed the test ever since.

Researchers in Germany and the U.S. have produced the first theoretical demonstration that the magnetic state of an atomically thin material, α-RuCl3, can be controlled solely by placing it into an optical cavity. Cruci...

A new facial approximation brings to life an Incan girl who was killed 500 years ago as part of a sacrificial ritual.

A skull found in China shows signs of healing after part of it was removed 2700 years ago, suggesting that a man survived at least eight weeks after surgery to relieve pressure in his head