26th August — 2nd September
General Physics
⚫️ New research suggests a way to capture physicists’ most wanted particle — gravitons
⚫️ Paper types ranked by likelihood of paper cuts
⚫️ Researchers model physics of the pumping technique used to achieve air on a skateboard half-pipe
Astronomy
⚫️ Astrophysicists use AI to precisely calculate the universe’s ‘settings’
⚫️ Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe
⚫️ In six new rogue worlds, Webb Telescope finds more star birth clues
⚫️ Research investigates the variable star population of globular cluster NGC 1851
⚫️ Study provides a more nuanced understanding of black hole thermodynamics
⚫️ Using atomic excitations to measure the rotation of spacetime
⚫️ Astronomers detect extended ionized gas around Messier 77
Astrobiology
⚫️ Researchers start first low-frequency search for alien technology in distant galaxies
⚫️ In the hunt for alien life, is man truly ‘the measure of all things?’
Nanotechnology
⚫️ Nanoplastics put stress on trees and impair photosynthesis
⚫️ Upgraded atomic force microscope captures 3D images of calcite dissolving
⚫️ Using metal ion-linked nanostructures to improve immune response and boost breast tumor treatment
Analytical Chemistry
⚫️ Team using AI finds a cheaper way to make green hydrogen
⚫️ Chemists achieve PFAS-free synthesis of fluorinated pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds
⚫️ Neutron scattering instrument represents a new dawn for AI-powered atomic-scale 3D imaging
Molecular & Computational Biology
⚫️ Researchers map 50,000 of DNA’s mysterious ‘knots’ in the human genome
⚫️ Scientists unlock the secrets of how a key protein converts DNA into RNA
⚫️ Bacteria able to overcome cost of vancomycin resistance in lab setting
Environment
⚫️ Communicating consensus strengthens beliefs about climate change, finds a 27-country study
⚫️ Study reveals crucial role of mixing Atlantic and Arctic waters in global ocean circulation
⚫️ Labor day crowds temporarily impact local streams, research shows
