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A new approach could help uncover hidden patterns in EEGs and help diagnose epilepsy earlier!

Although neurologists often use EEGs to diagnose epilepsy, it is uncommon for a seizure to occur during the 20 minute recording period, leaving doctors without the direct observation they need to make a clear diagnosis.

But when an model is trained to decode subtle patterns in brain waves recorded during an EEG, it was shown to detect epilepsy-causing variations in the TSC1 gene with high accuracy across two out of three strains.

Discover the details of this technological breakthrough here: https://ow.ly/qqnp50ZeJx5

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope astronomers have uncovered a salty surprise on the "Pink Planet" 🪐🔭! Formally known as GJ504b, this planet orbits a sun-like star and has a temperature of 550 degrees Fahrenheit - hot by Earth's standards but extremely cold for a giant planet. Although its cooler temperature has made it difficult for astronomers to study, the infrared images from JWST revealed that clouds made of salt in its atmosphere were affecting the light detected by the telescope. What does this mean for the future of ? Find out here: https://ow.ly/Y1vL50ZeJsK

In this week's experiment, your smartphone isn't just a smartphone…it's also a display of two-dimensional diffraction grating! By using a modified spectrometer, students will investigate the reflective diffraction characteristics of a smartphone display and measure the grating constant. Explore this fun, simple, and easy-to-implement activity here: https://ow.ly/qHZ650ZctHU

Lisa Randall was born! This American theoretical physicist and Harvard University professor studies topics such as the Standard Model, supersymmetry, and dark matter. She also co-developed the Randall-Sundrum model, which describes the world in terms of a warped-geometry higher-dimensional universe, with Raman Sundrum in 1999. Celebrate by exploring the recent progress of the Karch-Randall braneworld: https://ow.ly/MWa250ZctyW

⚛️ Focus Issue:

We’re shining a light on the unanswered questions of quantum entanglement.

With 19 articles to digest, many available open access, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of research.

🎯 Explore the focus issue: https://ow.ly/9WGC50ZcnaH

🌟 Guest editors:
- Carlo Marconi, CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-INO), Italy
- Anna Sanpera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain

⭐ Focus collection highlight: Journal of Physics A

“Quantum-Circuit Models for Many-Body Physics Out of Equilibrium” explores how quantum circuits can help us understand the behaviour of complex systems far from equilibrium.

Combining ideas from quantum information and many-body physics, the collection looks at how circuit-based approaches can shed light on entanglement, thermalisation and the dynamics of driven quantum systems.

🔍 By using simple circuit models, researchers can explore rich physical behaviour that would otherwise be hard to study directly.

👉Download the Focus Collection: https://ow.ly/VlnW50Z5Bwm

As Earth continues to experience climate change, marine heat waves have grown longer and deadlier, harming ecosystems that provide food and livelihoods for billions of people 🌊. But now, researchers at Michigan State University have developed a controversial strategy that could shield up to 75% of our oceans from these deadly heat waves. Using computer simulations, the team modeled the effects of marine heatwaves with and without solar geoengineering - with some surprising results. Explore their findings here: https://ow.ly/iJfu50ZctcS

Exciting new research uses a 3D soundwave lattice to create the first fully flat Landau levels, proving they can exist beyond two dimensions. 🧊

A research team from China has settled a long‑standing debate on this topic. The same method can be applied not just to sound, but also to light, electrons, and superconducting circuits.

This opens the door to new technologies that rely on extremely stable, high‑quality resonances.

👉 For a quick overview, read the Research Highlight: https://ow.ly/aS9E50Z9PB4

📝 To go in-depth, read the full article: https://ow.ly/QMo450Z9PB6

Tagging: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - HKUST

Calling all astrophysicists 🔭! Using a lab-created "moon rock", scientists have been able to recreate the effects of thousands of years of solar wind exposure on the lunar surface🌑. The results could help us determine which forces are primarily weathering the Moon's surface and even understand how water forms on the Moon! Get the full story here: https://ow.ly/n2vX50Zb7sk

How familiar are you with the Jaynes-Cummings Model? This week's focuses on one of the simplest, yet intricately nonlinear, models of light-matter interaction. This book provides a significantly updated and comprehensive review of the JCM, looking at a wide range of applications across , , and much more ⚛️. Dive into the JCM here: https://ow.ly/NxFR50ZaGNn