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The search for the missing gravitational signal

[...] New SISSA research, published in The Astrophysical Journal proposes using a constellation of three or four space interferometers to map the flat and almost perfectly homogeneous background in a ...

Breaking bonds: Double-helix unzipping reveals DNA physics

Reconstructing accurately how the parts of a complex molecular are held together knowing only how the molecule distorts and breaks up. This was the challenge taken on by a research team led by SISSA's...

Discovery of fundamental law of friction leads to new materials that can minimize energy loss

This work-conducted in collaboration with NYU Tandon graduate student Francesco Lavini, and colleagues from the International School for Advanced Studies, the International Center for Theoretical Phys...

Nanometric photodiodes to study activity of neurons

In a novel approach, a new study at SISSA uses technology that can activate individual nerve cells with a light impulse. Read the article...

Moving furniture in the micro-world

Dr Andrea Silva, second lead author of the study and Physicist at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste.Read the article...

Revealing the secret language of dark matter

In the Universe, dark matter and standard matter 'talk' to each other using a secret language. [...] A new SISSA study published in The Astrophysical Journal ("Empirical Evidence of Nonminimally Coupl...

Study discusses distant galaxies and true nature of dark matter

There is a vast spherical region made up of dark matter particles, at the centre of spiral galaxies. [...] The study has been published in the prestigious Astronomy and Astrophysics' journal. [...] Th...

Graphene nanoparticles and their influence on neurons

Effective, specific, with a reversible and non-harmful action: the identikit of the perfect biomaterial seems to correspond to graphene flakes, the subject of a new study carried out by SISSA - Intern...

Spinal carbon nanotube implants restore motor functions

A new study conducted by SISSA and the University of Trieste shows the efficacy of carbon nanotube implants to restore motor functions and paves the way for a new therapeutic approach for spinal cord ...

Infinite chains of hydrogen atoms have surprising properties, including a metallic phase

A new computational study combining four cutting-edge methods finds that the modest material boasts fantastic and surprising quantum properties. Mario Motta serves as first author of the paper alongsi...
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