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Utilizing Skyline to analyze lipidomics data containing liquid chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry and mass spectrometry dimensions
Lipidomics studies suffer from analytical and annotation challenges because of the great structural similarity of many of the lipid species. To improve lipid characterization and annotation capabilities beyond those afforded by traditional mass spectrometry (MS)-based methods, multidimensional separation methods such as those integrating liquid chromatography, ion mobility spectrometry, collision-induced dissociation and...
Discovery of extragalactic neutrino factories
Highly energetic and difficult to detect, neutrinos travel billions of light years before reaching our planet. Although it is known that these elementary particles come from the depths of our universe, their precise origin is still unknown. An international research team, led by the University of Würzburg and the University of...
Unsteady MHD free convection flow of an exothermic fluid in a convectively heated vertical channel filled with porous medium
Utilizing porous media in a new mathematical model to improve convective heat transfer characteristics in a variety of applications, such as radiation nuclear disposal storing, evaporation cooling, sieving, geological extraction, crude petroleum refining, and building heating and cooling, is becoming increasingly important. This study proposed a numerical analysis of the unsteady...
Time-reversal-based quantum metrology with many-body entangled states
Linear quantum measurements with independent particles are bounded by the standard quantum limit, which limits the precision achievable in estimating unknown phase parameters. The standard quantum limit can be overcome by entangling the particles, but the sensitivity is often limited by the final state readout, especially for complex entangled many-body states...
Look up! A supermoon is illuminating the skies this week
Summer nights just got a whole lot brighter thanks to a supermoon illuminating the skies this week. The moon gets the “super” prefix when a full moon is at its closest to Earth — or perigee — in its 27-day orbit. The moon will reach...
Rising Temperatures Increase Carbon Stored in Microscopic Plankton
According to researchers at the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Bristol, the amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will rise in the next century. Using the most recent IPCC models, the team predicts that the "Biological Pump" will be responsible for five to 17 percent of the total...
New technique allows physicists to study interactions of neutrons inside of an atom
An international team of physicists has developed a new technique that allows researchers to study the interactions between neutrons inside of an atom. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describe their laser spectroscopy measurement technique and how it can be used. It has been nearly...
Researchers develop computer model to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to help protect bees from pesticides. Cory Simon, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Xiaoli Fern, associate professor of computer science, led the project, which involved training a machine learning model to predict whether any...
Webb begins hunt for the first stars and habitable worlds
The first stunning images from the James Webb Space Telescope were revealed this week, but its journey of cosmic discovery has only just begun. Here is a look at two early projects that will take advantage of the orbiting observatory's powerful instruments. The first stars and galaxies. One of...
Physicists Discover The 'Missing Link' That Could Make Quantum Internet a Possibility!
Scientists must solve several challenging issues before quantum networks and computers can realize their vast potential, but a recent study suggests they might have found the "missing link" to one of these problems, according to ScienceAlert. Quantum Bits. A recent study has revealed that silicon material, which is used...
July Thunder Supermoon Biggest + Brightest of 2022 to Rise Over Indiana, Kentucky & Tennessee
That giant celestial body that moves through phases of light and dark depending on its alignment with the earth and the sun we call the moon cycles through those phases about every 29 days. With each cycle, we are presented with a beautiful gift from Mother Nature with a full moon...
Broadband metasurface superstrate for polarization-independent wave focusing and gain enhancement at Ka-band
A broadband metasurface flat lens is proposed as a polarization-independent wideband superstrate for wave focusing and gain enhancement at Ka-band. The proposed metasurface structure consists of four metal layers and is designed with diagonally symmetric unit cells to accommodate both the vertical and horizontal polarizations. The focusing ability of the proposed...
Isolation of hetero-telechelic polyethylene glycol with groups of different reactivity at the chain ends
Hetero-telechelic polymers (HTPs) with different reactive functional groups at the chain ends, which can react selectively with other molecules or surfaces to form new chemical bonds, are attractive in the context of reaction selectivity and elaborate polymer modification. However, effective synthetic routes to HTPs remain limited, especially those based on postpolymerization...
This map shows which US lakes contain brain-eating amoebas
A few days ago, a Missouri resident who went swimming in the Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County, Iowa, was hospitalized after a microscopic amoeba entered through their nose and started eating away at their brain. Better known as Naegleria fowleri, the single-celled organism that thrives in warm...
Observation of the all-optical Stern"“Gerlach effect in nonlinear optics
Celebrating its centennial anniversary, the Stern"“Gerlach experiment has proven to be one of the cornerstones of quantum mechanics, unravelling the quantized nature of the spin angular momentum, and being used in various applications ranging from matter-wave interferometry to weak measurements. Here we report an analogous all-optical Stern"“Gerlach experiment in nonlinear optics,...
Sub-nanometer mapping of strain-induced band structure variations in planar nanowire core-shell heterostructures
Strain relaxation mechanisms during epitaxial growth of core-shell nanostructures play a key role in determining their morphologies, crystal structure and properties. To unveil those mechanisms, we perform atomic-scale aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy studies on planar core-shell [email protected] nanowires on α-Al2O3 substrates. The core morphology affects the shell structure involving plane...
A computational approach to quantifying miscounting of radiation-induced double-strand break immunofluorescent foci
Immunofluorescent tagging of DNA double-strand break (DSB) markers, such as γ-H2AX and other DSB repair proteins, are powerful tools in understanding biological consequences following irradiation. However, whilst the technique is widespread, there are many uncertainties related to its ability to resolve and reliably deduce the number of foci when counting using...
Powerful Tonga Volcano Eruption Triggered Atmospheric Gravity Waves That Reached the Edge of Space
The eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in January 2022 was unique in observed science, creating waves that reverberated around the earth and reached 100 km (60 miles) into the ionosphere. A new study has confirmed that one of the most explosive volcanic events of the modern era happened...
Caltech’s Hosea Nelson Wins 2022 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Caltech professor of chemistry Hosea Nelson (PhD ’13) and alumna Elaine Y. Hsiao (PhD ’13) are among the winners of the 2022 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The awards, given annually since 2007, are intended “to recognize and celebrate exceptional young scientists” in the life sciences,...
Researchers present anti-reflective coating that blocks waves of many types
Bad wireless reception, the noise in the radio signal or poor visibility in the fog—all these annoyances have to do with the fact that waves such as visible light or microwave signals are deflected and reflected by numerous disordered obstacles. TU Wien in Vienna (Austria) and the University of Rennes (France)...
ESA's Swarm dodges collision during climb to escape sun's wrath
Not quite—Swarm is ESA's mission to unravel the mysteries of Earth's magnetic field. It's made up of three satellites, A, B and C—affectionately known as Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. What happened?. A small piece of human-made rubbish circling our planet—known as space debris—was detected hurtling towards Alpha...
We need to enforce international laws to stop fishing vessel plastic pollution
Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty. This initiative has been welcomed almost universally, but it must not distract from the...
Self-organized lasers from reconfigurable colloidal assemblies
Non-equilibrium assemblies, where units are able to harness available energy to perform tasks, can often self-organize into dynamic materials that uniquely blend structure with functionality and responsiveness to their environment. The integration of similar features in photonic materials remains challenging but is desirable to manufacture active, adaptive and autonomous photonic devices....
Study explores the effects of eating dark chocolate on the brain
Eating chocolate is typically discouraged by nutritionists, as it is can be high in calories, fat and sugar. Cocoa, however, chocolate's primary ingredient derived from the seed of the cacao plant, has been found to have numerous that could be beneficial for both the body and mind. Most notably,...
Glaciers are melting faster and humans are at fault, UT scientists finally prove
New research from the University of Texas has revealed humans are likely responsible for rapidly melting glaciers. The study, published July 13 in the journal "The Cryosphere," used computer models to test how global warming impacted glaciers.
Computational imaging of moving objects obscured by a random corridor via speckle correlations
Computational imaging makes it possible to reconstruct hidden objects through random media and around corners, which is of fundamental importance in various fields. Despite recent advances, computational imaging has not been studied in certain types of random scenarios, such as tortuous corridors filled with random media. We refer to this category...
