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The 3D architecture of the genome enables cells to remember their past

A French research team led by CNRS scientists¹ has discovered that cells are able to retain a memory of a previous perturbation within the 3D structure of their genome, independently…

The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education

The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education are part of the UK national honours system, recognising at the highest level of state outstanding work in UK universities and colleges. The Queen…

The waltz of fermions under the microscope

Superconducting materials transport current with no heat dissipation , a property partly explained, according to the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory, by the formation of electron pairs . A better understanding of this…

How Do LLMs Reason? The Power of Thinking Longer and Test-time Scaling

Author – Baihong Bao For decades, human-computer interaction was built on a comfortable assumption: people click, systems respond and the boundaries are clear. A button is a button, a menu…

Innate Immunity: Studying Bacteria Sheds Light on Our Knowledge of Humans

What if studying ancient life forms could illuminate our understanding of human immunity? While there has been a recent large increase in knowledge of the immunity of bacteria, collaboration between…

Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time

Electric discharges have for the first time been recorded within the storms and whirlwinds of dust – known as dust devils – that sweep across the surface of Mars. Captured…

Academic Profiles

Profiles of outstanding academics, researchers, and industry experts across Europe.

Dennis Gabor – Nobel Prize in Physics 1971

Biographical I was born in Budapest, Hungary, on June 5, 1900, the oldest son of Bertalan Gabor, director of a mining company, and his wife Adrienne. My life-long love of…

Klaus Hasselmann – Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems” with one half jointly…

Professor Hermen Overkleeft – NWO Spinoza Prize 2026

Hermen Overkleeft is known worldwide as one of the founders of chemical biology. This is the field that designs molecules to analyse biological processes. As a professor of bio-organic chemistry…

Professor Karin Roelofs – NWO Spinoza Prize 2026

Karin Roelofs studies the completely different ways in which people respond to extreme stress. A shocking event can have a lasting disruptive effect on one person, whereas another could show…

Albert Einstein: A Legacy of Influence

Biographical The embodiment of genius and the pre-eminent scientist of the modern age, his theories and discoveries have profoundly affected the way people view and understand the world and their…

Lennart Nilsson: His Legacy and the Award

Born in Strängnäs, Sweden, on August 24, 1922, Lennart Nilsson began his career as a freelance photojournalist. His work spans more than seven decades, beginning in the early 1940s when…