A collaborative research team has fabricated a soccer ball-shaped construction using edge-to-edge assembly of 2D semiconductor materials. The research has been featured on the cover of the online edition of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition journal.

The GRAPES-3 experiment in Ooty‚ India‚ operated by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has discovered a new feature in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at about 166 tera-electron-volt (TeV) energy while measuring the spectrum spanning from 50 TeV to a little over 1 peta-electron-volt (PeV). The observed feature suggests a potential re-evaluation of our understanding of cosmic-ray sources‚ acceleration mechanisms‚ and their propagation within our galaxy.

Oxidation can degrade the properties and functionality of metals. However‚ a research team co-led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently discovered that severely oxidized metallic glass nanotubes can attain an ultrahigh recoverable elastic strain‚ outperforming most conventional super-elastic metals. They also discovered the physical mechanisms underpinning this super-elasticity.

A team of astronomers‚ led by Arizona State University Assistant Research Scientist Tim Carleton‚ has discovered a dwarf galaxy that appeared in James Webb Space Telescope imaging that wasn't the primary observation target.

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland.

There has been significant progress in the field of quantum computing. Big global players‚ such as Google and IBM‚ are already offering cloud-based quantum computing services. However‚ quantum computers cannot yet help with problems that occur when standard computers reach the limits of their capacities because the availability of qubits or quantum bits‚ i.e.‚ the basic units of quantum information‚ is still insufficient.

The study of "exoplanets‚" the sci-fi-sounding name for all planets in the cosmos beyond our own solar system‚ is a fairly new field. Mainly‚ exoplanet researchers like those in the ExoLab at the University of Kansas use data from space-borne telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb Space Telescope. Whenever news headlines offer findings of "Earth-like" planets or planets with the potential to support humanity‚ they're talking about exoplanets within our own Milky Way.

A study at the University of Cologne's CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research has identified a protein complex that is activated by defects in the spliceosome‚ the molecular scissors that process genetic information. Future research could lead to new therapeutic approaches to treat diseases caused by faulty splicing.

In the animal kingdom‚ there are many grand examples of species that make sense of their world by expertly deciphering even weak signals from their surroundings.

Many people are familiar with facial recognition systems that unlock smartphones and game systems or allow access to our bank accounts online. But the current technology can require boxy projectors and lenses. Now‚ researchers report in Nano Letters a sleeker 3D surface imaging system with flatter‚ simplified optics. In proof-of-concept demonstrations‚ the new system recognized the face of Michelangelo's David just as well as an existing smartphone system.