Lab discovers small ‘Cain-and-Abel’ molecule
A new bacterial molecule with the unsavory tendency to track down and kill others of its own kind has been discovered in the human...
Physicists discover new magnetoelectric effect
Electricity and magnetism are closely related: Power lines generate a magnetic field, rotating magnets in a generator produce electricity. However, the phenomenon is much...
Ultra-fast magnetic switching with potential to transform fiber optical communications
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity's School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch.
When struck by successive...
Researchers trace the outlines of two cultures within science
In the world of scientific research today, there's a revolution going on—over the last decade or so, scientists across many disciplines have been seeking...
Infinite chains of hydrogen atoms have surprising properties, including a metallic phase
An infinite chain of hydrogen atoms is just about the simplest bulk material imaginable—a never-ending single-file line of protons surrounded by electrons. Yet a...
DNA damage caused by migrating light energy
Ultraviolet light endangers the integrity of human genetic information and may cause skin cancer. For the first time, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology...
Physicists ‘trick’ photons into behaving like electrons using a ‘synthetic’ magnetic field
Scientists have discovered an elegant way of manipulating light using a 'synthetic' Lorentz force—which in nature is responsible for many fascinating phenomena including the...
Hints of life on Venus: Scientists detect phosphine molecules in high cloud decks
An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule—phosphine—in the clouds of...
Animals’ magnetic ‘sixth’ sense may come from bacteria, new paper suggests
A University of Central Florida researcher is co-author of a new paper that may help answer why some animals have a magnetic 'sixth' sense,...
Arctic transitioning to a new climate state
The fast-warming Arctic has started to transition from a predominantly frozen state into an entirely different climate, according to a comprehensive new study of...
Attosecond pulses reveal electronic ripples in molecules
In the first experiment to take advantage of a new technology for producing powerful attosecond X-ray laser pulses, a research team led by scientists...
