physics

Researchers in the labs of ASRC Prof. Gabriele Grosso (top, right) and NSLS-II at Brookhaven National Laboratory (bottom, right) used advanced instrumentation at their respective facilities to uncover how single photon emitters, which have important used in quantum technologies, emerge within hexagonal boron nitride crystals. Credit: Shante Booker, CUNY ASRC and Kevin Coughlin, Brookhaven National … Read more

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated due to flooding in southern China, including in Qingyuan (pictured). More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong in … Read more

by KeAi Communications Co. Comprehensive monitoring area and method of linkage instability of residual coal pillar and rock strata. Credit: Qing Ma, et al. A large number of coal pillars were left behind during the mining of multi-coal seams. These pillars, when unstable, pose significant risks during both production and well closure stages in coal … Read more

by KeAi Communications Co. How To Fabriate The nHA/PEKK Composites. Credit: Zhongyi Wang Researchers have created scaffolds with enhanced strength by fabricating 20 vol% polydopamine-modified nano hydroxyapatite (pDA-nHA), featuring a distinctive lamellar structure. These scaffolds were then immersed in a polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) synthesis system for reinforcement, offering an innovative approach to both augment the mechanical … Read more

Researchers at TUS develop rbNPs that arrest cell cycle and suppress the expression of proteins, such as β-catenin and cyclin D1, that promote metastasis, specifically in cancer cells. They also induce apoptosis of cancer cells, thereby displaying significant anticancer effect. Credit: Prof. Nishikawa from TUS, Japan Several types of conventional cancer therapies, such as radiotherapy … Read more

A typical Cerrado tree wilting in the shadow of the cerradão’s canopy. Credit: Giselda Durigan A study conducted over a period of 14 years in the Brazilian savanna-like biome shows its typical vegetation rapidly becoming “cerradão”—a biodiversity-poor forest formation—while resistance to drought and wildfires weakens. The Cerrado, Brazil’s savanna biome, is being destroyed at a … Read more

Researchers tracked bird abundance and diversity in parks and backyards in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana in summer and winter. They found that parks and backyards play complementary roles in supporting bird health and abundance. The researchers also tracked how park maintenance and preservation practices related to bird diversity. Credit: USFWS and Zak … Read more

Schematic describing how cAMP stimulation activates PKA, allowing PKA liquid droplet formation to compartmentalize the PKA activity and extra cAMP. Credit: Molecular Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.03.002 Healthy cells respond appropriately to changes in their environment. They do this by sensing what’s happening outside and relaying a command to the precise biomolecule in the precise domain … Read more

Graphical abstract. Credit: Protein & Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad054 Dysregulated R-loops can cause stalled replication forks and telomere instability. However, how R-loops are recognized and regulated, is still not well understood, particularly at telomeres. In a new study, researchers used proximity-dependent biotin identification (BioID) technology to identify the ILF3 interactome and discovered that ILF3 interacts … Read more

Credit: CC0 Public Domain “Where is my life going?” “Who do I want to be?” As future-thinkers, adolescents spend significant time contemplating these types of questions about their life goals. A new study from the University of Houston shows that as people grow from teenagers to young adults, they tend to change the importance they … Read more