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According to a new Physical Review Letters study, black holes could help solve the dark matter mystery. The shadowy regions ...

As the University of Iowa welcomed its second-largest first-year class this fall, faculty across campus are utilizing ...

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Researchers have pioneered a 3D printing method that grows metals and ceramics inside a water-based gel, resulting in ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

This tried-and-true method is one of the best ways to study so you actually retain information—and it's not hard to do.

In recent years, the study of protein structure and dynamics has undergone a profound transformation. The integration of advanced biophysical techniques, ...

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) around their genomes, a process that—while messy and complex—consistently ...

Over five percent of children and adolescents are diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) globally. This condition is characterized by a short attention span, hyperactivity or ...

Standard optical microscopes can’t see objects smaller than half the wavelength of visible light. To get around this, scientists use a technique called scattering-type scanning near-field optical ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The ion mobility (IM) technique coupled with traditional mass spectrometry (IM-MS) has ...