A multidisciplinary study conducted by researchers from the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology, Ancient History, Medieval History, and Historiographical Sciences and Techniques at the University of Murcia, together with the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Chemical Institute for Energy and the Environment (IQUEMA) at the University of Córdoba, reveal a unique combination of pigments never before documented in Hispania, with only one known parallel in Ephesus, Turkey

A new type of radiofrequency trap can capture particles with extremely different requirements and could theoretically hold both types of particles at the same time. Researchers in the group of Professor Dmitry Budker from the PRISMA⁺⁺ Cluster of Excellence and the Helmholtz Institute at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) were able to trap calcium ions or electrons in the same apparatus. The team’s findings, published in Physical Review A, show the potential of this technology for synthesizing antihydrogen.

Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation. They have now identified a bacterium that can be used both for acidification and to increase the vitamin B2 content of soya drinks. 

Crystals, bacterial colonies, flame fronts: the growth of surfaces was first described in the 1980s by the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation. Since then, it has been regarded as a fundamental model in physics, with implications for mathematics, biology, and computer science. Now—forty years later—a Würzburg-based research team from the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat has achieved the first experimental demonstration of KPZ behavior on 2D surfaces in space and time. This was made possible by sophisticated materials engineering and a bold experimental approach: researchers injected polaritons—hybrid particles composed of light and matter—into the material. The results have been published in Science.

Blue perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are highly attractive for new generation high-definition displays, but their practical deployment is hindered by severe efficiency roll-off at high luminance while maintaining high color purity (Commission International de l’Eclairage coordinates of y (CIEy) < 0.1). To overcome this challenge, we use a multifunctional molecule passivation strategy to improve the external quantum efficiency and operational stability of high color purity blue perovskite QLEDs while achieving ultra-low efficiency roll-off.

Rice researchers develop a way to enable pi interactions between dioxygen and a lanthanide metal called neodymium, enabling the creation of lanthanide-oxos.

A theoretical study conducted at São Paulo State University shows that quantum excitations without topological protection, previously considered experimental limitations, can serve as spectroscopic tools for identifying quantum statistics and stabilizing exotic states in superconducting nanostructures.

Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that captures more information about ultrafast processes in the microscopic world than was previously possible.

How do radicals form in aqueous solutions when exposed to UV light? This question is important for health research and environmental protection, for example with regard to the overfertilisation of water bodies by intensive agriculture. A team at BESSY II has now developed a new method of investigating hydroxyl radicals in solution. By using a clever trick, the scientists gained surprising insights into the reaction pathway.