Altermagnets are a newly recognized class of antiferromagnets whose magnetic structure behaves very differently from what is found in conventional systems. In conventional antiferromagnets, the sublattices are linked by simple inversion or…
In the mid-1950s, scientist Winston Price identified a virus responsible for the common cold.
Price dubbed his discovery the ‘JH virus’ in honor of his employer (Johns Hopkins University), and set out to find a vaccine that would protect…
Our body controls the levels of sugar in our blood with a hormone called insulin, which is made by beta cells in the pancreas. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system erroneously attacks those beta cells, and…
Our body controls the levels of sugar in our blood with a hormone called insulin, which is made by beta cells in the pancreas. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system erroneously attacks those beta cells, and…
Our body controls the levels of sugar in our blood with a hormone called insulin, which is made by beta cells in the pancreas. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system erroneously attacks those beta cells, and…
There are thousands of mysteries in the domain of science across various disciplines and sub-disciplines that still remain unsolved at the dawn of 2026. It probably will still remain an enigma for the next millennia until the creator…
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Distinctive in taste and famously divisive, durian is not everyone’s choice of fruit. This was certainly the case for some Chinese explorers when they first encountered it during the Ming Dynasty’s early maritime voyages.
