Why Shot Noise Does Not Generally Detect Pairing in Mesoscopic Superconducting Tunnel Junctions.

The shot noise in tunneling experiments reflects the Poissonian nature of the tunneling process. The shot-noise power is proportional to both the magnitude of the current and the effective charge of the carrier. Shot-noise spectroscopy thus enables us, in principle, to determine the effective charge q of the charge carriers of that tunnel.

Effect of manganese doping on the hyperthermic profile of ferrite nanoparticles using response surface methodology.

Magnetic hyperthermia-based cancer therapy mediated by magnetic nanomaterials is a promising antitumoral nanotherapy, owning to its power to generate heat under the application of an alternating magnetic field. However, although the ultimate targets of these treatments, the heating potential and its relation with the magnetic behavior of the employed magnetic nanomaterials are rarely studied. Here we provide a bridge between the heating potential and magnetic properties such as anisotropy energy constant and saturation magnetization of the nano-magnets by simultaneous investigation of both hyperthermia and magnetism under a controlled set of variables given by response surface methodology.

KTaO -The New Kid on the Spintronics Block.

Long after the heady days of high-temperature superconductivity, the oxides came back into the limelight in 2004 with the discovery of the 2D electron gas (2DEG) in SrTiO (STO) and several heterostructures based on it. Not only do these materials exhibit interesting physics, but they have also opened up new vistas in oxide electronics and spintronics. However, much of the attention has recently shifted to KTaO (KTO), a material with all the "good" properties of STO (simple cubic structure, high mobility, etc.

In Situ Biosynthesized Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONS) Induce Efficient Hyperthermia in Cancer Cells.

Despite the promising role of magnetic hyperthermia in cancer therapy, its use in patients has been restricted by hurdles that include inefficient targeting of magnetic particles to the tumor site, limited bioavailability, and high toxicity, etc. Taking advantage of the unique metabolic property of cancer cells, we explored the potential of these cells to biosynthesize magnetic nanoparticles for potential hyperthermia applications. Treatment of cancer cells with a mixture of FeCl and zinc gluconate resulted in a significant increase in intracellular Fe and Zn content in these cells.

Planar Hall effect and anisotropic magnetoresistance in polar-polar interface of LaVO-KTaO with strong spin-orbit coupling.

Among the perovskite oxide family, KTaO (KTO) has recently attracted considerable interest as a possible system for the realization of the Rashba effect. In this work, we report a novel conducting interface by placing KTO with another insulator, LaVO (LVO) and report planar Hall effect (PHE) and anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) measurements. This interface exhibits a signature of strong spin-orbit coupling.

funbarRF: DNA barcode-based fungal species prediction using multiclass Random Forest supervised learning model.

Background: Identification of unknown fungal species aids to the conservation of fungal diversity. As many fungal species cannot be cultured, morphological identification of those species is almost impossible. But, DNA barcoding technique can be employed for identification of such species.

Vitamin D deficiency presenting with cardiogenic shock in an infant.

A 2-month-old child was referred as a case of dilated cardiomyopathy with cardiogenic shock. On evaluation, hypocalcemia secondary to severe vitamin D deficiency was found. There were no clinical or radiological features of rickets.