Nanogels are among the most interesting examples of how chemists can build useful structures by working at the scale of single molecules. They are tiny soft particles made from polymers, long chain-like molecules, that are linked together into small three-dimensional networks. Because they can hold water and trap other molecules inside, nanogels are especially attractive […]
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) are aggressive hematological malignancies that arise from abnormal activation of oncogenes and/or inactivation of tumor-suppressor genes, followed by a differentiation arrest and uncontrolled clonal expansion of immature thymocytes . Proviral integration site for Moloney-murine leukemia 1 (PIM1) is a known JAK-STAT target gene that […]
Few concepts in physics are as familiar, yet as enigmatic, as time. In Einstein’s theory of relativity, time is not absolute: its passage depends on motion and gravity. But when combined with quantum physics, this relativistic form of time becomes even more counterintuitive. Testing quantum superpositions of time According to quantum theory, the flow of […]
Author: Alexander Lewis Peace, Associate Professor, Structural Geology, McMaster University Recent seismic imaging off Vancouver Island has revealed something extraordinary: a tear in the subducting oceanic plate beneath the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The finding briefly raised the public’s hopes that Cascadia might be “shutting down,” potentially lowering earthquake risk in North America’s Pacific Northwest. A […]
Condensed matter • DIPC Advanced materials • DIPC Interfaces • Quantum physics
In the world of quantum materials, some of the most important discoveries come not from finding new particles, but from learning to see familiar electrons in a new way. A striking example comes from a single layer of niobium diselenide, a crystal just one layer thick, where researchers have now directly mapped a hidden pattern […]
Author: Hossein Hashemi, Senior Lecturer, Division of Water Resources Engineering & Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University In recent years, residents of Spain, France and the UK have looked up to see an eerie sight: deep orange sunrises and skies thick with a yellowish haze. These hazy skies often deposit “blood rain”, rust-colored […]
You probably have a member of your family that you’re not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom’s best friend who you grew up calling your aunt. They’re indisputably part of your family, but a DNA test wouldn’t hint at your relationship. Archaeologists are finding that this holds true for families from […]
What makes human beings unique among animals? This ancient question has received countless answers—some modern ones we saw them in our last post—but I want to suggest that one of the most compelling and least appreciated responses comes from understanding humans as the creatures who create and inhabit what might be called inferential prostheses. These […]
Deep beneath the Pyrenees, in a mountain laboratory carved out of rock near the Spanish village of Canfranc, physicists have switched on a machine built to listen for one of the rarest whispers in nature. The detector is called NEXT-100, and it began taking data in May 2024. Its story is not simply one of […]
Authors: Lauren Claire Fong, PhD Candidate in Cognitive Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne and Daniel Feuerriegel, Lecturer and Head of the Prediction and Decision-Making Lab, The University of Melbourne Imagine you’re in line at your favourite bakery, deciding whether to have a doughnut or a tart. You weigh them up, the doughnut wins, and you […]