Industry collaboration leads to important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer
Credit: Fabio Ansaloni Quantum computer: One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has been that the working devices...
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Quick look under the skin
Self-learning algorithms analyze medical imaging dataCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM Imaging techniques enable a detailed look inside an organism. But interpreting the data is time-consuming...
Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
- advance could improve carbon capture technologyCredit: ESRI, Swansea University A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital...
HKU chemists develop a new drug discovery strategy for “undruggable” drug targets
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Dr Xiaoyu LI from the Research Division for Chemistry, Faculty of Science, in collaboration...
New research makes strong case for restoring Hong Kong’s lost oyster reefs
Seven square meters of a HK oyster reef can filter up to one Olympic swimming pool of water in a single dayCredit: ©Kyle Obermann/Courtesy TNC...
Modeling can help balance economy, health during pandemic
Nearly 300,000 deaths could be averted, depending on how severe isolation measures becomeCredit: Washington University in St. Louis This summer, when bars and restaurants and...
Shapeshifting crystals-varying stability in different forms of gallium selenide monolayers
Researchers investigate the structure and properties of a recently identified polymorph of gallium selenide crystal layerCredit: Hirokazu Nitta from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and...
New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research funds Kessler Foundation study in children
Dr. Lengenfelder of Kessler Foundation will test new treatment for emotional processing deficits in children with traumatic brain injuryCredit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks East Hanover, N.J....
Novel method reveals small microplastics throughout Japan’s subtropical ocean
Credit: OIST Research conducted in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has revealed...
Scientists find out how nutrition affects the recovery of patients after cardiac surgery
People with valvular heart disease have appeared to be at risk.Credit: SPbU Nutrients are the structural components of food that the body needs to function...
Skoltech releases a new book, The Forefront of Physics
Credit: Timur Sabirov/Skoltech The book comes as the second part of Skoltech's two-volume edition, Mathematics and Physics: Two Perspectives, One World. The first part, Mathematical...
Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse
Credit: Kavli IPMU The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to many interdisciplinary projects which benefit from...
High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins
Credit: Kanazawa University Our understanding of biological proteins does not always correlate with how common or important they are. Half of all proteins, molecules that...
Astrocytes eat connections to maintain plasticity in adult brains
Credit: KAIST Developing brains constantly sprout new neuronal connections called synapses as they learn and remember. Important connections -- the ones that are repeatedly introduced,...
Human-made landscape promotes coexistence of two normally separated Andean warblers
Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at the same elevation due to...
