Controversial research often sparks defensive reactions, sometimes even leading to calls for censorship, especially if the findings clash with established ideologies. However, a pair of…
The properties of hafnium dioxide, often referred to as hafina, might seem unremarkable on the surface. However, when this material is rendered into ultrathin layers,…
Efforts to mitigate climate change will be insufficient unless we lower greenhouse gas emissions originating from the global food system, a sector responsible for one-third…
Through a collaborative effort involving the Universities of Groningen and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, along with Italy’s European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, scientists have significantly…
In a ground-breaking experiment, researchers from the University of Groningen collaborated with their peers from Nijmegen and Twente universities in the Netherlands, and the Harbin…
Nearly two decades have passed since the advent of graphene, the two-dimensional variant of graphite, which has significantly amplified interest in 2D materials due to…
Episodic ataxia type 6 is a rare neurological disorder that affects only a small number of individuals globally. It leads to temporary loss of muscle…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…