By analyzing the data from four space observatories, European astronomers have presented a complete and thorough X-ray view of an active galactic nucleus in a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 4258. [...
A huge amount of mysterious dark energy is necessary to explain cosmological phenomena, such as the accelerated expansion of the Universe, with Einstein's theory. But what if dark energy was just an i...
Professor Thomas Sotiriou of the University of Nottingham's Centre of Gravity and Andrea Maselli, a researcher at GSSI and an INFN associate, demonstrated the unprecedented precision with which gravit...
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...
Diatoms, single-celled algae typically enshrined in a siliceous cell wall, generally act as opportunistic organisms, reproducing uncontrollably in the presence of favorable conditions, but are also ab...
A mystery of mathematics that has remained unsolved for more than 150 years can be unraveled thanks to a completely unexpected approach coming from statistical physics. This is the important conclusio...
Using computers to study polymers has always been a major challenge for scientific computation, especially for long and densely packed biomolecules, like DNA. New perspectives are now opening up throu...
It is commonly thought that rodents are functionally blind when their surroundings are illuminated with light of longer wavelengths, which humans perceive as red. A new study, published in eLife by Na...
In a new study by SISSA – Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, published in Nucleic Acids Research, experimental data were combined with computer simulations of molecular dynamics to exa...
New research has shown that graphene is able to act on excitatory synapses and interfere with the development of anxiety-related behaviours. Carried out by SISSA - International School for Advanced St...
