Recovering “Hidden Knowledge” – How an Asthma Medication Could Restore Memories
Students often sacrifice sleep to study for exams, but lack of sleep can negatively impact memory. Now, University of Groningen neuroscientist Robbert Havekes has found…
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Extinction Wave Imminent: 23 Million Years of Evolution Under Threat in Madagascar
According to a new study, it would take an astounding 3 million years for the number of species that have been lost due to human…
Dark Matter Halos of Newly Discovered Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies Are “Very Odd”
A University of California, Riverside physicist explains. In a study co-led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside and the University of California, Irvine,…
Move Over Columbus: Europeans Were Already Active in the Americas 1,000 Years Ago
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when has remained unclear. Here, an international…
Dark Matter: Is It “Real Stuff” or Gravity Misunderstood?
For many years now, astronomers and physicists have been in a conflict. Is the mysterious dark matter that we observe deep in the Universe real,…
Circadian Rhythm: Resetting the Biological Clock by Flipping a Switch
The biological clock is present in almost all cells of an organism. As more and more evidence emerges that clocks in certain organs could be…
Towards 2D Spin-Logic Memory Technology Using Magnetic Graphene
In spintronics, the magnetic moment of electrons (spin) is used to transfer and manipulate information. An ultra-compact 2D spin-logic circuitry could be built from 2D…
Artificial Intelligence Helps Crack the Code of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered some seventy years ago, are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and many hitherto…
Supermassive Black Holes Like to Eat, but Have a Variety of Table Manners
All supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies appear to have periods when they swallow matter from their close surroundings. But that is about…
Another Martini for Better Simulations: General Purpose Force Field for Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics
Simulating the interactions between atoms and molecules is important for many scientific studies. However, accurate simulations can take a long time, which limits their use….
Astronomers Discover Evidence for Substance on Liquid-Gas Boundary on Exoplanet WASP-31b
One of the properties that make a planet suitable for life is the presence of a weather system. Exoplanets are too far away to directly…
Green Chemistry Creates Coatings From Nature: Turning Biomass Into High-Quality Coatings
Organic chemists from the University of Groningen and the Dutch multinational company AkzoNobel, a major global producer of paints and coatings, developed a process that…
Spider Silk Inspires New Class of Functional Synthetic Polymers for Bio-Electronics, Sensors, and Batteries
Synthetic polymers have changed the world around us, and it would be hard to imagine a world without them. However, they do have their problems….
Tabletop Quantum Experiment – 4000x Smaller Than Current Devices – Could Detect Gravitational Waves
Tiny diamond crystals could be used as an incredibly sensitive and small gravitational detector capable of measuring gravitational waves, suggests new UCL-led research. Predicted by…
Summer Intern Helps Develop New Model to Describe Defects and Errors in Quantum Computers
A summer internship in Bilbao, Spain, has led to a paper in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters for Jack Mayo, a Master’s student in…
Year 777: Radiocarbon Dating Pinpoints Date for Construction of Mysterious Por-Bajin Complex
At the border between the Russian Federation and Mongolia stands a large clay complex of buildings called Por-Bajin. Archaeologists are not sure who built it…
Bombardment by Asteroids and Comets in Another Planetary System Predicted by Astronomers
The planetary system around star HR8799 is remarkably similar to our Solar System. A research team led by astronomers from the University of Groningen and…
Active Galactic Nuclei Core Ignition Triggered by Galaxy Mergers
Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) play a major role in galaxy evolution. Astronomers from the University of Groningen and Netherlands Institute for Space Research have now…
