Coloring tumors reveals their bad influence
Credit: ©Yum/IMBA Studies on cancer are limited by the threshold at which cellular transformations become clinically detectable. However, the very initial phase on the way...
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Entangled quantum memories for a quantum repeater: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
Credit: ©ICFO * ICFO researchers report in Nature on having achieved, for the first time, entanglement of two multimode quantum memories located in different labs...
USTC constructs a multiplexed quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum memories
Credit: WANG Guoyan and MA Yanbing Chinese researchers realized an elementary link of a quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum memories (QMs) and demonstrated the...
New study reveals how smoking during puberty can cause negative consequences in offspring
No Smoking Day 2021Credit: Eivind Senneset Smoking in early puberty in boys may have negative consequences for their future generations of offspring, a study from...
RUDN University chemists created cheap catalysts for ethanol conversion
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University chemists proposed a new way to synthesize catalysts for the conversion of ethyl alcohol. The obtained materials are promising catalysts...
Anyone can get super-hearing
New audio technique can track bats in flight and help localise sources of ultrasonic soundCredit: Ville Pulkki/Aalto University Humans can observe what and where something...
Hexagonal boron nitride’s remarkable toughness unmasked
2D material resists cracking and description by century-old theory of fracture mechanicsCredit: Image courtesy of J. Lou/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 2, 2021) - It's...
Nanomaterials with laser printing
New laser-driven methodCredit: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces In the journal Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids...
Acoustic solutions made from natural fibers can reduce buildings’ carbon footprints
Aalto University researchers discovered that wood-based pulp fibers are also well-suited for making acoustic materialsCredit: Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University Good acoustics in the workspace improve work...
Gut to brain: Nerve cells detect what we eat
Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfil opposing tasksCredit: Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research The gut and the brain communicate with each other in...
World’s lakes losing oxygen rapidly as planet warms
Changes threaten biodiversity and drinking water qualityCredit: Gretchen Hansen, University of Minnesota TROY, N.Y. -- Oxygen levels in the world's temperate freshwater lakes are declining...
Metal ions help COVID-19 virus to disguise itself
Positively charged atoms steady the machinery that the virus uses to trick the systemCredit: Yogesh Gupta, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at...
A speedy trial: What it takes to be the fastest land predator
Researchers from Japan develop and validate a model exploring the dynamics governing high-speed movement in cheetahsCredit: Image courtesy: Tomoya Kamimura from Nagoya Institute of Technology...
How platelets help resolve lung inflammation
Scientists at the University of Münster provide new insights into interactions between platelets and white blood cells in miceCredit: Rossaint et al./JExpMed 2021 Treating patients...
Better endurance and reliable data retention: A new STT-MRAM Quad technology
Credit: IEEE & Tohoku University Professor Tetsuo Endoh's Group at Tohoku University's Center for Innovative Integrated Electronics has announced a new magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)...
