These tunable proteins could be used to create new materials with specific mechanical properties, like toughness or flexibility. MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature. They developed...

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MIT engineers identified an unusually absorbent material that could be used for passive cooling or water harvesting in warm climates. The vast majority of absorbent materials will lose their ability to retain water as temperatures rise. This is why our skin starts to...

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Computer simulations have helped researchers understand in detail how pharmaceutically active substances cross cell membranes. These findings can now be used to discover new drug candidates more efficiently. There is a need for new drugs. For example, many of the...

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La prima indagine sulla qualità dei funghi medicinali commercializzati in Italia ha rivelato delle criticità sui micoterapici venduti sotto forma di integratori. La notizia arriva da uno studio pubblicato su Nutrients, una delle riviste scientifiche più importanti del...

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Searching across deep time to understand “ecogenesis”

Searching across deep time to understand “ecogenesis”

Geobiologist Greg Fournier seeks to uncover the conditions leading to the emergence of life. In Greg Fournier’s line of work - studying living systems that developed billions of years ago - outstanding questions far outnumber established answers. “Often, we have very...

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Graphene is the strongest of all materials. On top of that, it is exceptionally good at conducting heat and electrical currents, making it one of the most special and versatile materials we know. For all these reasons, the discovery of graphene was awarded the Nobel...

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In 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed ‘Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public alike. It was the first known visitor from outside our solar system, it had no bright coma or dust tail, like most comets, and a peculiar shape - something between a cigar...

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ETH researchers have managed to take three-​dimensional pictures of single nanoparticles using extremely short and strong X-​ray pulses. In the future this technique could even be used to make 3D-​movies of dynamical processes at the nanoscale. X-​ray diffraction has...

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Importanti risultati di una ricerca condotta dall'Università degli Studi dell'Aquila che potrebbero rivoluzionare la diagnosi medica o la sicurezza aeroportuale ma con differenti altre applicazioni di rilevanza economica e sociale. Il Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e...

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19/04/2025