DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an ...

A philosopher has put forward an argument for rethinking how particles are defined within the standard model of particle ...

Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at first glance, ought to be clear. How many kinds of elementary particles should I say there are?

Shear strain reshapes the flat bands of TBG - Scanning tunneling microscopy reveals that shear strain, not just the twist angle, is the decisive factor engineering flat bands in twisted bilayer ...

SINGAPORE - Students are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence (AI) tutors for their daily work. Besides mainstream tools such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the latest contender ...

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China ...

The study of nuclei far away from stability, with large imbalances between the number of protons and neutrons, is a central Research Topic in modern nuclear physics today. New experimental facilities ...

Compartmental models have served as a foundational framework in epidemiology since the landmark work of Kermack and McKendrick in the 1920s. Although originally formulated as systems of partial ...

SINGAPORE - The cost of informal caregiving for seniors in Singapore comes up to $1.28 billion a year, a recent local study has found. The study is the first in Singapore to estimate the economic ...

Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy. Fusion reactions take place in a state of matter called ...