The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth’s land surface, with one of the world’s highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a correspondingly high density, and the water body’s status as the deepest hypersaline lake gives rise to interesting and often temperature-related phenomena below the water’s […]
Aging is inevitable, but not all forms of aging are the same. While some people reach old age in good physical and mental health, others suffer a progressive decline that affects their quality of life. What if there was a way to tip the balance toward healthier aging? A group of researchers from several scientific […]
Astrophysics • DIPC Astrophysics • DIPC Particle Physics • Particle physics
Deep in the heart of exploding stars and colliding neutron stars lies a hidden light we’ve barely glimpsed — gamma rays in the mega-electron-volt (MeV) range. These elusive rays, carrying clues about cosmic explosions and mysterious phenomena like dark matter, have been hard to study due to technological limits. Enter COCOA , a compact, innovative […]
Can you prove whether a large quantum system truly behaves according to the weird and wonderful rules of quantum mechanics—or if it just looks like it does? In a new study, physicists from Leiden, Beijing and Hangzhou found the answer to this question. You could call it a “quantum lie detector”: Bell’s test designed by […]
Author: Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Professor of Statistics, University of Toronto As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it’s not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, much less regarding allegations of cheating and malfeasance among world champions. But that’s precisely what happened last summer. Erik Allebest, CEO of the world’s largest […]
Each year, millions of people experience an ischaemic stroke, a condition where a blood clot blocks the flow of oxygen and nutrients to part of the brain. Even when doctors act quickly to remove the clot, many survivors struggle with long-term challenges like difficulty moving, remembering, or managing emotions. While treatments like clot-dissolving drugs or […]
For more than a century, a well-known 18-electron rule has guided the field of organometallic chemistry. Now, researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in collaboration with scientists from Germany, Russia, and Japan, have successfully synthesized a novel organometallic compound that challenges this longstanding principle. They have created a stable 20-electron derivative of […]
Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Food processing • Microbiology • Molecular biology
Biogenic amines (BAs) are nitrogenous compounds formed primarily by microbial decarboxylation of amino acids. In food products, they can accumulate to levels that pose health risks, including histamine poisoning and hypertensive crises due to tyramine ingestion . Fermented foods, particularly cheeses, are significant sources of BAs due to their complex microbial consortia and the metabolic […]
Animal cafés are places where customers can enjoy food and drinks while interacting with animals such as cats, rabbits, or dogs. These cafés have become popular in many Asian cities, especially where apartments are small and the cost of living is high, making it difficult for young adults to own pets. In Europe, animal cafés […]