versatile gene-editing tool could tackle a host of diseases
A cell’s protein-making machinery (artist’s illustration) can be instructed to ignore mutations that would otherwise result in shortened…
Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why?
Are women more careful about their research than men? Or are they more risk-averse?Credit: Westend61/Getty Women are under-represented…
How do genetic association studies rank genes?
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Observation of hyperbolic intersubband polaritons in native-dielectric-doped van der Waals semiconductor quantum wells
Intersubband transition and native-dielectric-doping The intersubband transition energies in the WSe2 QWs can be approximated with an infinite…
If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?
The surging value of firms such as NVIDIA has fuelled concerns about an AI stock market bubble.Credit: Kent…
Topological nodal i-wave superconductivity in PtBi2
DFT calculations and BdG model We performed DFT calculations using the full-potential local orbital code FPLO38 within the…
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Faraday effects emerging from the optical magnetic field
Implications of the optical magnetic field to the IFE To show the relevance of the magnetic component to…
Magnon-polaron control in a surface magnetoacoustic wave resonator
Strong magnon-phonon coupling The low magnetic damping of YIG is contingent on high-quality monocrystalline films, typically grown on…
can it produce the next big breakthrough?
No one could accuse Demis Hassabis of dreaming small. In 2016, the company he co-founded, DeepMind, shocked the…
Telecom-wavelength quantum teleportation using frequency-converted photons from remote quantum dots
Experimental configuration Figure 1a shows a general schematic of the experiment. Two remote QDs are used: QD1 functions as…
Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve
The tiny, drug-filled robots are guided through blood vessels using magnets.Credit: Luca Donati/lad.studio Zürich A remote-controlled robot the…