A tomato contains a hidden ingredient that the eye cannot see, and it may be just as important to liver health as the red pigment that made the fruit famous. Researchers at Tufts University found that phytoene, a colorless precursor used by plants to make lycopene, sharply reduced fatty liver disease in mice. The discovery […]
Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit
An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule’s […]
Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit
An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule’s […]
Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit
An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule’s […]
Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit
An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule’s […]
World’s First Heat-Powered Cooling System Turns Waste Heat Into Cold
Researchers have developed the world’s first heat-driven elastocaloric cooling system, using waste heat and solar energy to support sustainable cooling. A cooling system powered directly by heat rather than an electric motor has worked in laboratory tests, offering a possible way to turn waste heat or solar energy into cooling. The prototype, developed by researchers […]
World’s First Heat-Powered Cooling System Turns Waste Heat Into Cold
Researchers have developed the world’s first heat-driven elastocaloric cooling system, using waste heat and solar energy to support sustainable cooling. A cooling system powered directly by heat rather than an electric motor has worked in laboratory tests, offering a possible way to turn waste heat or solar energy into cooling. The prototype, developed by researchers […]
Greenland Just Lost a Manhattan-Sized Slab of Ice
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, and scientists say even bigger breaks may be coming. Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major breakup at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km portion of the glacier’s floating ice tongue separated on August 4, 2026. The loss is […]
Greenland Just Lost a Manhattan-Sized Slab of Ice
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, and scientists say even bigger breaks may be coming. Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major breakup at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km portion of the glacier’s floating ice tongue separated on August 4, 2026. The loss is […]
Greenland Just Lost a Manhattan-Sized Slab of Ice
A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, and scientists say even bigger breaks may be coming. Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major breakup at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km portion of the glacier’s floating ice tongue separated on August 4, 2026. The loss is […]