DOE awards Argonne $4.15 million for research in quantum computing and networking
Credit: Image by Ruslan Shaydulin, Ilya Safro and Jeffrey Larson. Multistart methods for quantum approximate optimization. To appear in: Proceedings...
NASA estimates Imelda’s extreme rainfall
Credit: Credit: NASA Goddard NASA estimated extreme rainfall over eastern Texas from the remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda using a...
Evolution of learning is key to better artificial intelligence
Credit: Michigan State University Since "2001: A Space Odyssey," people have wondered: could machines like HAL 9000 eventually exist that...
Hurricane Jerry gets its temperature taken by NASA-NOAA satellite
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the North Atlantic Ocean and used infrared light to obtain temperature...
World’s first gene therapy for glycogen storage disease produces remarkable results
Consuming cornstarch every few hours has been the only available option for survivalCredit: Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health At the Association for...
Malawi study confirms lasting impact of life-saving technology
National CPAP program improves survival of newborns with respiratory illnessCredit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 20, 2019) -- Malawi's...
Today’s forecast: How to predict crucial plasma pressure in future fusion facilities
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications A key requirement for future facilities that aim to capture and control on Earth...
Long-acting injectable multi-drug implant shows promise for HIV prevention and treatment
A new study published today in Nature Communications shows a promising alternative for those who have to take a daily...
Controlling methane is a fast and critical way to slow global warming, say experts
Credit: Bernhard Buchholz In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams recently identified surprisingly large sources of methane, a powerful...
Can Google help you get the stains out? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2019 -- Stained your shirt but don't have time for a spin...
New method for the measurement of nano-structured light fields
Researchers combine nano-optics and organic chemistry to measure complex light landscapes in the tight focus of a laser beam /...
NASA analyzes rainfall rates Hurricane Lorena over Mexico, and Mario nearby
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Two tropical cyclones are very close together near the coast of western Mexico. Hurricane Lorena was moving over...
HD microscopy in milliseconds
University researchers improve super-resolution microscopyCredit: Bielefeld University/W. Hübner They can make tiny cell structures visible: cutting-edge light microscopes offer resolutions...
Why is the brain disturbed by harsh sounds?
UNIGE researchers have demonstrated how the harsh sounds used in alarm systems hold the brain's attention by stimulating its aversion...
The best of two worlds: Magnetism and Weyl semimetals
Credit: MPI CPfS Imagine a world in which electricity could flow through the grid without any losses or where all...
$2.8M in NIH grants to pinpoint male fertility genes
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Pinpointing the genes responsible for male fertility is the focus of...
Engineered bacterial biofilms immobilizing nanoparticles enable diverse catalytic applications
Credit: ©Science China Press Nano-scale objects (1 - 100 nm) are desirable nano-catalysts featured with more catalytic active sites due...
Untapped resource, or greenhouse gas threat, found below rifting axis off Okinawa coast
Kyushu University researchers' analysis of seismic data reveals for the first time a large reservoir of methane or carbon dioxide...
Rethinking how cholesterol is integrated into cells
Credit: Bjørn Panyella Pedersen, Aarhus University Most people have heard of "cholesterol levels" and the dangers of high blood cholesterol,...
Researchers find way to kill pathogen resistant to antibiotics
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a potentially deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacterium present in hospitals, can be killed by hijacking its haem-acquisition system to selectively...
