Detecting nanoplastics in fractions of a second using modified Raman spectroscopy
Microplastics are tiny, barely visible plastic particles that can harm the environment, for example, if they are eaten by animals. However, it has been difficult to assess the effect of even smaller particles, which can hardly be detected using conve.....»»
Week in review: The future of Metasploit, detecting lateral movement, new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Beware of password-cracking software for PLCs and HMIs! A threat actor is targeting industrial engineers and operators with trojanized password-crac.....»»
A model trained to predict spectroscopic profiles helps to decipher the structure of materials
Carbon-based materials hold enormous potential for building a sustainable future, but material scientists need tools to properly analyze their atomic structure, which determines their functional properties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is o.....»»
5 ways AI is detecting and preventing identity fraud
2022 has been a record-setting year for identity fraud. Here are five ways to detect and prevent it. 2022 has been a record-setting year for identity fraud. Here are five ways to detect and prevent it.Read More.....»»
New collaborative X-ray observatory stands tall as testing begins
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission will greatly expand our knowledge of the high-energy universe, and recently passed two key milestones on its path to observing the cosmos......»»
How a YouTuber fixed the M2 MacBook Air overheating issues for $15
Apple's M2 MacBook Air has been dinged by reviewers for throttling, but a $15 solution helped the modified M2 MacBook Air beat the M2 MacBook Pro in some tests......»»
Protein-modified solid electrolyte interphase formation and evolution in Li metal batteries
Numerous studies focused on developing safe and long-term cycling Li-metal batteries (LMBs) have been reported. However, transferring these high-performing LMBs from lab-scale to industrial-scale production remains challenging. Most studies on LMBs a.....»»
Toward sustained, stable Raman imaging of large samples at the nanoscale
Raman spectroscopy, an optical microscopy technique, is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique that provides rich molecular fingerprint information about chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions. The technique relie.....»»
Broadest US Pirate Site Injunction Rewritten/Tamed By Cloudflare
After causing outrage among online services including Cloudflare, the most aggressive pirate site injunction ever handed down in the US has undergone significant weight loss surgery. Now before the court is a heavily modified injunction that is most.....»»
Genetically Engineered Pig Hearts Transplanted Into Dead People
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Researchers successfully transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to ventilators, the New York University team announced today. The surgeries are the.....»»
New open-source software automates RNA analysis to speed up research and drug development
'Pytheas' is an app created to identify and quantify modified RNA molecules more easily than ever......»»
How do cells react to micro- and nanoplastics?
The smaller plastic particles are, the more easily they can be taken up by cells. In addition, the shape, surface and chemical properties play an important role in answering the question of how the particles could affect human tissue. This conclusion.....»»
Characterizing the materials for next-generation quantum computers with nonlinear optical spectroscopy
Researchers at the Department of Physics and the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" of Universität Hamburg and the University of California at Irvine have recently proposed a new way to characterize topological superconductors b.....»»
Ibuprofen tablets with flavor added survive better in space
Ibuprofen tablets modified to survive in space have returned to Earth and shown that those with added flavor survived better with less degradation than those with no added taste......»»
New method for detecting nanoplastics in the human body
How do you count the nanoplastics in your body? Leiden researchers published a method in Nature Protocols today that should make this easier, and important development for both environmental and medicine research......»»
Study identifies a tidal disruption event that coincides with the production of a high-energy neutrino
High-energy neutrinos are highly fascinating subatomic particles produced when very fast charged particles collide with other particles or photons. IceCube, a renowned neutrino detector located at the South Pole, has been detecting extragalactic high.....»»
Determining the structure of small RNAs could inform future therapeutics
A new method allows researchers to determine the structure and abundance of "transfer RNAs" (tRNA)—small, highly structured and chemically modified RNAs involved in protein production—in living cells. Misfolding of tRNAs has been linked to human.....»»
Tiny lab on a chip analyzes very small volumes of liquid
Scientists from the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University created a prototype terahertz optical spectroscopy system with a sensing area equivalent to the cross-sectional area of just five human hairs. By measuring the shift in peak trans.....»»
Interaction between nanoplastics and pectin, a water-soluble polysaccharide
Microplastics are known to collect in ecosystems and nanoplastics occur from the breaking down of microplastics. Nanoplastics are plastic particles of sizes less than 100 nm and when they are in water, they are dispersed in a colloidal form. Nanoplas.....»»
Infrastructure, hunting and climate change linked to huge migratory bird declines
Migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape over recent decades—according to new research from the University of East Anglia......»»
Raman and infrared spectroscopy help identify different acetylated lysines
A research team led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used infrared and Raman spectroscopy to identify lysine acetylation features, providing a theoretical and experimenta.....»»