Physicists create the first two-dimensional ferrimagnetism in graphene

Scientists from St. Petersburg University together with their foreign colleagues have created the world’s first two-dimensional ferromagnetism in graphene. Use of the obtained magnetic state of graphene can become the basis of a new approach to electronics, increasing its energy efficiency and speed when developing devices using alternative technologies without the use of silicon.

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Electric Fields Make The Enzyme

I wrote here about the measurement of electric fields inside enzyme active sites, and now the same group has published two more papers in this area. Both of them focus on beta-lactam compounds as a test case. This paper is looking at covalent inhibitors of beta-lactamase enzymes, which are very important compounds. A classic one, […]

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No, Yellowstone isn’t about to erupt, even after more magma was found

More liquid magma lurks beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano than scientists once thought. But don’t panic: That amount of magma, researchers say, is still nowhere near enough to portend an eruption any time soon. That reassurance comes courtesy of new state-of-the-art seismic images that give the sharpest picture yet of what lies beneath Yellowstone. “It’s like […]

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Marsquake!

The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a meteoroid impact. The 4.7 magnitude temblor happened in May 2022 and released five times more energy than any previously recorded quake on Mars. Mapping the seismic activity on Mars will help inform scientists where and how to build structures to […]

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