ENG: Engineers at the University of Nottingham have developed a new approach to sound effects that manipulates the way sound waves interact in the physical space around a listener. The team created a solid-state rotary speaker inspired by the Leslie speaker, a classic electromechanical device widely used with electric organs. Their research introduces an approach that sits between traditional mechanical sound effects and modern electronic or digital processing.
ENG: Researchers from the University of Bath, together with collaborators from the University of Chicago and the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, have used advanced simulations to investigate how the first stars and galaxies formed and enriched the early Universe with chemical elements. The work is part of the international MEGATRON project, which began in 2023 and is scheduled to continue until 2030. Four studies published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics provide the project’s first major set of results and aim to connect observations of early galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope with the chemical signatures preserved in ancient stars in and around the Milky Way.
ENG: Researchers from Sultan Qaboos University and several international partner institutions have developed a simpler method for measuring DNA-bound phosphorus (DNA-P) in soil. The new approach is also less expensive than previous methods. Phosphorus is essential for plant growth and food production, yet natural reserves are limited. Understanding how it moves through soil could help improve nutrient management and make agriculture more sustainable.
ENG: Researchers from the University of East Anglia and Oxford BioDynamics investigated why several very different illnesses can produce remarkably similar forms of severe, long-lasting fatigue. They focused on chronic fatigue syndrome, long Covid, post-traumatic stress disorder, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. These conditions have different causes and affect the body in different ways, yet patients often report the same combination of exhaustion, brain fog, poor concentration, disturbed sleep and reduced physical functioning. The researchers wanted to determine whether these similarities could be explained by shared biological mechanisms.
