Hot Off the Press Archives - Page 18 of 27

The joys of computational mass spectrometry

by adam phillips | Mar 29, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

Scientists have developed a new automated computational mass spectrometry system that can search an organism’s entire metabolome for as-yet-unknown metabolites (potential drugs).

Pulses of light can enhance superconductivity

by jens wilkinson | Mar 5, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

Pulses of light could be used to turn materials into superconductors through an unconventional type of superconductivity.

Scientists create new type of self-healing material

by jens wilkinson | Feb 15, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

This newly created ethylene-based material has shape memory that allows self-healing!

Brain clock ticks differently in autism

by amanda alvarez | Feb 12, 2019 | Hot Off the Press

A new brain imaging study shows that autistic severity is linked to how long certain regions of the brain store information.

Supermassive black holes still dark and mysterious

by jens wilkinson | Dec 19, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

For the first time, scientists have measured the strength of magnetic fields near supermassive black holes and something doesn’t add up.

Evolution of the inner ear: insights from jawless fish

by adam phillips | Dec 7, 2018 | Hot Off the Press

A new story for inner ear evolution based on the developmental patterning found in hagfish, one of two extant jawless vertebrates and a link to the last common ancestor of modern jawed vertebrates.