An interdisciplinary team led by University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Lee C. Bassett and Dani Bassett, also of the School of Arts & Sciences, have studied the mechanical properties of prions, the mysterious shape-shifting proteins that are infamous for mad cow disease yet essential for yeast survival. Their findings could offer key insights into neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s diseases and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and pave the way for novel drug delivery systems.

Researchers from Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute utilized Bayesian neural networks (BNN) to achieve highly reliable fitting of photonuclear (γ,n) reaction cross-sections, significantly improving prediction accuracy and generalization capabilities. This advancement enhances the efficiency of experimental data usage and paves the way for future progress in nuclear astrophysics and radiation detection technologies.Researchers from Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute utilized Bayesian neural networks (BNN) to achieve highly reliable fitting of photonuclear (γ,n) reaction cross-sections, significantly improving prediction accuracy and generalization capabilities. This advancement enhances the efficiency of experimental data usage and paves the way for future progress in nuclear astrophysics and radiation detection technologies.

Nano Research Energy has been selected for inclusion in the Web of Science™ (Emerging Sources Citation Index).

Nitrous oxide is known as the gas used in whipped cream cartridges or as an anaesthetic in hospitals. But it’s much more than that. This potent greenhouse gas is also released from biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), posing a real threat to our climate. PhD student Nina Roothans (University of Technology, Delft The Netherlands), who recently graduated cum laude, has identified practical strategies to reduce nitrous oxide emissions. Her groundbreaking work has now been published in Nature Water.

It is crucial to effectively regulate the electronic structure of Pt to enhance the CO tolerance in the hydrogen oxidation reaction. Utilizing atomically dispersed W sites to modulate the electronic structure of Pt can optimize the adsorption kinetics of hydrogen and CO, thereby promoting hydrogen oxidation activity and hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell performance even in H₂/CO mixture containing 1000 ppm CO.

Even a few nights with insufficient sleep promote molecular mechanisms linked to a greater risk of heart problems. This has been shown in a new study in which the researchers investigated how sleep deprivation affects biomarkers (in this case proteins) associated with cardiovascular disease. The study was led from Uppsala University and is published in the journal Biomarker Research.