The Ring Nebula Is Hiding a Massive ‘Mars Bar’ of Iron That Has Astronomers Completely Baffled
The full shape of the Ring Nebula. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Ring Nebula is a bright shell of…
Teen girls who play organized sports show lower breast cancer risk biomarkers
A study of Black and Hispanic adolescent girls shows that even modest participation in organized sports is associated…
MIT researchers map dynamic fuzzy coat surrounding tau protein fibrils
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which form tangled fibrils…
Noninvasive Raman device tracks blood glucose accurately in under a minute
A shoebox-sized optical device reads glucose directly through the skin in seconds, offering a promising step toward truly…
Uranus’s Small Moons Are Dark, Red, and Water-Poor
The solar system’s oddball planet has some pretty odd moons, too. The first infrared spectra of Uranus’s small…
Scientists discover hidden weakness in Lyme disease bacterium
For decades, Lyme disease has frustrated both physicians and patients alike. Caused by the corkscrew-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the…
Mapping the dynamics of complex protein
Discover how the University of Manchester was able to explore the dynamics of complex proteins thanks to Bruker’s groundbreaking…
In a World-First, Scientists Directly Observe Elusive “Dark Excitons”
The TR-ARPES setup used in the research. Credit: Jeff Prine (OIST) Using one of the world’s most advanced…
Picoquant invests in Fluobrick Solutions to simplify access to single molecule research
PicoQuant GmbH announces its investment in FluoBrick Solutions GmbH, a newly founded Berlin-based start-up focused on giving life…
Compact bNIRS technology could become a diagnostic toolkit for dementia
Early and accurate diagnosis of dementia remains a major challenge. Standard approaches such as MRI and PET scans…
Scientists trace rare nuclei ‘island’ where physics rules break apart
Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped…