. Scientific Frontline
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Neural Rulers: Mapping Peripersonal Space

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Neurons in the brain stem (green) represent individual whiskers on a mouse’s face. Image Credit: Fan Wang Scientific Frontline: Extended ...

Talkative Batteries: Internal Sensor Data Transmission

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The green circuit board contains the electronic circuit developed by the researchers to transmit sensor data through the existing power term...

Human and Neanderthal Shared Culture

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A distant view of the Üçağızlı II Cave in southern Türkiye. Photo Credit: KyotoU / Naoki Morimoto Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a ...

Hierarchical Merging: Black Holes' Past Lives

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Some merging black holes may be second-generation black holes that formed from the previous merging of two smaller black holes, according to...

Ultrafast Optical Beam Steering Chip

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Caltech researchers created a chip that uses a patterned beam of light to modify the optical properties of a meta-material. A second beam ca...

Tumbleweed: The First Artificial Protein Motor

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Tumbleweed stands with two of its three feet attached to a DNA strand, with each foot binding to a specific DNA sequence. By adding or remov...

Brain-Inspired Oxide Electronics for AI

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Novel components based on an oxide interface, developed by researchers at the ctd.qmat Cluster of Excellence in Würzburg, electronically rep...

Quantum Control via Carbon Nanotori

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The doughnut-shaped carbon molecule develops stable toroidal moments when an electric voltage is applied. The image shows the distribution o...

Bacterial Biofilm Ejection: New Survival Mechanism

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A community of hay bacillus bacteria ejects a group of mobile cells (shown in orange) with the potential to swim away and colonize in a new ...

Superconductivity in Quantum Materials Under Pressure

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The quantum material tantalum disulfide has paradoxical properties: it consists of layers, one of which becomes superconducting upon cooling...

Programmable Thermal Radiation Explained

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New device enables flexible control of heat Heat is absorbed from the right, heating the structure, where it is radiated to the left, coolin...
Monday, July 6, 2026

Brain Hypervigilance in Schizophrenia

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Neural Signatures of Antic...

Ultrasound-Controlled Supramolecular Cages

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Ultrasound activates polymer chains and transmits mechanical forces through supramolecular nanostructures. This enables molecular cages to b...

Why Solid-State Batteries Fail: Grain Boundaries

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Caption:MIT and Technical University of Munich researchers uncovered tiny electrical imbalances between crystals of solid electrolyte materi...

AI Accelerates Controlled Drug Delivery

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Physics-Informed AI in Dru...