A team of scientists in the US has developed a non-invasive headset device that tracks changes in blood flow to assess a patient’s stroke risk. This innovative technology could make it easier to detect early signs of stroke, offering patients and physicians a direct and cost-effective approach to stroke prevention. The device uses laser-based technology…
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A recent study by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) collaboration has confirmed the existence of a “cooling break” in the energy spectrum of cosmic ray electrons and positrons at around 1 TeV. The research, published in Physical Review Letters, suggests that the origins of these particles are still hotly debated, with possible explanations including…
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new transistor made from semiconducting vertical nanowires of gallium antimonide (GaSb) and indium arsenide (InAs). This innovation could lead to ultra-low-power electronics, ideal for applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence. The new transistor uses electrons tunneling through an energy…
A team of researchers from the USA and India has developed a mathematical model to investigate the complex relationship between exercise, immune function, and cancer. The model reveals that increasing exercise intensity and duration leads to greater and sustained tumour suppression, offering valuable insights into how exercise can influence immune responses and potentially guide cancer…
Physicists at the Niels Bohr Institute and Peking University have made a groundbreaking discovery in particle physics, revealing that xenon nuclei change shape as they collide. Using simulations of experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the researchers found that the nuclei transform from soft, oval-shaped particles to rigid, spherical ones. This finding could lead to…
Physicists at MIT, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University/University of California, Berkeley have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of graphene research. They have found an explanation for why electrons in pentalayer moiré graphene carry fractional charges even in the absence of a magnetic field. This phenomenon, known as the fractional quantum anomalous Hall…
Researchers at Colgate University have made a groundbreaking discovery that could change our understanding of the universe’s origins. By analyzing the parameters of a “Dark Big Bang” theory, they found that dark matter may have been created just after the Big Bang, rather than at the same time. This theory suggests that dark matter particles…
Physicists at the University of Bordeaux have developed a new algorithmic technique that could enhance the output of fusion reactors by smoothing out laser pulses used to compress hydrogen to fusion densities. This breakthrough could lead to more efficient and cost-effective fusion energy production, a promising future energy source. The technique has already been applied…
A team of researchers has developed a groundbreaking new imaging technique that can reconstruct 2D radio images into 3D ones, providing a more accurate understanding of structures such as jet-like features streaming out of galactic black holes. This technique could challenge current physical models of how radio galaxies formed and has the potential to revolutionize…
Researchers at Google Research in California have developed a system to use millions of smartphones to map out real-time variations in Earth’s ionosphere. This innovative approach could improve the accuracy of global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) such as GPS and provide new insights into the ionosphere. The system leverages the ubiquitous ownership of smartphones across…