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An international collaborative research team composed of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), University of Toronto, Harvard University, the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, and Jilin University has achieved a breakthrough in vertebrate paleontology and evolutionary biology. The team successfully characterized a mummified fossil of the early Permi...

By adjusting the heating process when making lithium-ion cathodes, the team created batteries that retained nearly 93% of their energy after 500 cycles. Editor’s note: The following news brief was originally published by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The research team used transmission X-ray microscopy at the ...

“Molecular glue” could be used to control activity of harmful proteins Proteins do most of the work in our body’s cells. But when a protein is too active or does not function properly, it can lead to disease or other health problems. Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered a molecule, CLEO4-88, that acts …

The UK‑led OpenBind initiative has reached a major milestone with the announcement of the release of its first publicly available dataset and predictive AI model, a groundbreaking step toward accelerating the discovery of new medicines using artificial intelligence. The release showcases how engineering the production of AI-ready data is not only feasible but essential to …

An international team including scientists from the IPANEMA Institute and the PUMA beamline has revealed that a 300-million-year-old fossil, previously thought to be the oldest known octopus, is in fact a very different animal: a nautiloid. This study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, resolves a major evolutionary paradox by confirming a much more …...