#A new way to search for dark matter reveals hidden materials properties

“#A new way to search for dark matter reveals hidden materials properties” New research from Chalmers and ETH Zürich, Switzerland, suggests a promising way to detect elusive dark matter particles through previously unexplored atomic responses occurring in the detector material. The illustration above is a composite image (optical, X-ray, computed dark-matter) of mass distribution in the bullet cluster of galaxies. Credit:…

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#Human white blood cells use molecular paddles to swim

“#Human white blood cells use molecular paddles to swim” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Human white blood cells, known as leukocytes, swim using a newly described mechanism called molecular paddling, researchers report in the September 15th issue of Biophysical Journal. This microswimming mechanism could explain how both immune cells and cancer cells migrate in various fluid-filled…

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#New neutron source in Canada would spur innovation, medical treatments

“#New neutron source in Canada would spur innovation, medical treatments” Neutrons have many applications in scientific and medical research. Credit: Shutterstock Technological progress owes much to our scientific understanding of the materials we use to build the world around us, from longer-lasting cell-phone batteries to new medicines. Scientists and engineers rely on a full suite…

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#Shining a light on disordered and fractal systems

“#Shining a light on disordered and fractal systems” Credit: University of Tsukuba A University of Tsukuba research team uses terahertz-frequency light to probe the unusual behavior of disordered systems to discover that the anonymously large vibrations in lysozyme can be explained by its glassy and fractal nature Tsukuba, Japan—Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba…

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#Nonlinear polyatomic molecule, CaOCH3 laser-cooled to ~700 mK

“#Nonlinear polyatomic molecule, CaOCH3 laser-cooled to ~700 mK” September 11, 2020 report CaOCH3 laser cooling schemes. Credit: Science (2020). DOI: 10.1126/science.abc5357 A team of researchers at Harvard University has developed a way to cool nonlinear polyatomic molecules to extremely cold temperatures. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their method and…

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#A Janus emitter for passive heat release from enclosures

“#A Janus emitter for passive heat release from enclosures” Janue emitter (JET) for cooling enclosed space. (A) Schematic of JET applied to a stationary automobile under direct sunlight, where heat is trapped by the greenhouse effect. The Janus thermal radiation property allows broadband absorption of IR waves from the enclosure and selective emission to the…

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#New computational model stands to make nuclear magnetic resonance an even more powerful tool for researchers

“#New computational model stands to make nuclear magnetic resonance an even more powerful tool for researchers” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have developed a new computational model that has opened up the potential to make one of their most powerful research tools even more so. A particularly…

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