Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough
Credit: Picture: UNSW/Tony Melov A happy accident in the laboratory has led to a breakthrough discovery that not only solved a problem that stood for...
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Acacia bushlands prevent climate warming in Eastern Africa
Credit: Petri Pellikka Changes to the vegetation cover of land surfaces constitutes the biggest cause of increasing carbon dioxide emissions after the use of fossil...
Demographics linked to choice not to vaccinate children in Texas, study finds
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Texans who are college-educated, live in suburban or urban areas, have higher median incomes and are ethnically white are...
Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy
Dolutegravir-containing regimen exhibited superior safety profile in large, NIH-supported study of pregnant womenCredit: NIAID The antiretroviral drugs dolutegravir and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (DTG+FTC/TAF) may comprise...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of tropical storm 21S
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters...
Newly confirmed biochemical mechanism in cells is key component of the anti-ageing program
Credit: Jan Zwilling Ageing is an inevitable part of life, yet some species are ageing very differently than others, even than very similar ones. Naked...
Antibiotics: City dwellers and children take the most
Publication by the University of Bonn examines 73 studies on the use of antibioticsCredit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn City dwellers take more antibiotics than...
Underwater adhesive technology moves to the market
Credit: (Mussel Polymers Inc. A novel underwater adhesive technology, based on a glue used naturally by marine creatures, soon may provide a safer adhesive option...
Glass transition of spins and orbitals of electrons in a pure crystal
A joint research group at Osaka University and the University of Tokyo discovered how the electrons in a magnetic pyrochlore oxide spontaneously freeze into a...
New error correction method provides key step toward quantum computing
Credit: MIT RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- An Army project devised a novel approach for quantum error correction that could provide a key step toward...
Novel error-correction scheme developed for quantum computers
Bosonic symmetry ensures hardware-efficient encoding of informationCredit: Stephanie Zingsheim/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have developed a new approach to reducing the errors that plague...
Cancerous tumors, surrounding cells illuminated by new imaging agent
Compound being tested in small clinical trialsCredit: Achilefu lab Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new imaging agent...
Arizona State University professor honored with materials science award
Alexandra Navrotsky to receive the 2020 Jan Czochralski Award from the European Materials Research SocietyCredit: Mary Zhu Arizona State University Professor Alexandra Navrotsky will be...
JNK protein triggers nerve cells to withdraw their synapses when stressed
Credit: Turku Bioscience New study from Eleanor Coffey's lab at Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland identifies that the JNK protein triggers nerve cells to withdraw...
Study reveals grasshopper declines associated with declines in quality of prairie grasses
Credit: Ellen Welti A University of Oklahoma-led study shows that grasshopper numbers have declined over 30% in a Kansas grassland preserve over the past two...
