DESI Completes Planned 3D Map of the Universe and Continues Exploring
[ad_1] BYLINE: Lauren Biron Newswise — Last night, the 5,000 fiber-optic eyes of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) swiveled onto a patch of sky near the Little Dipper. Roughly every 20 minutes, they locked on to distant pinpricks of light, gathering photons that had traveled toward Earth for billions of years. When the sun […]
Solving a Mystery in Dark Matter Detectors Could Improve Quantum Computers
[ad_1] BYLINE: Lauren Biron Newswise — Although dark matter makes up most of the mass in our universe, it has never been directly observed. To hunt for lighter dark matter and other rare phenomena, researchers must solve a puzzle in their supersensitive detectors: an unexpected number of low-energy events, called the “low-energy excess” or LEE, […]
Cracking the Code: Using AI to Solve Difficult-to-Map Proteins
[ad_1] BYLINE: Ashleigh Papp Newswise — Using a tool to solve a protein’s structure, for most researchers in the world of structural biology and computational chemistry, is not unlike using the Rosetta Stone to unlock the secrets of ancient Egyptian texts. Once a protein’s structure has been discovered, or defined, one can infer crucial information […]
AI, Automation, and Biosensors Speed the Path to Synthetic Jet Fuel | Newswise
[ad_1] BYLINE: Will Ferguson Newswise — When it comes to powering aircraft, jet engines need dense, energy-packed fuels. Right now, nearly all of that fuel comes from petroleum, as batteries don’t yet deliver enough punch for most flights. Scientists have long dreamed of a synthetic alternative: teaching microbes to ferment plant material into high-performance jet […]