Semiconductor: A new contender for scalable quantum computing
Credit: ©Science China Press Quantum computing, along with 5G and AI, has been the focus for the next-generation technology in ...
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Europe-wide research for future batteries
European Initiative BATTERY 2030+ brings together leading science institutions - one of the partners is the CELEST Research Platform of ...
New microscope captures large groups of neurons in living animals
Fast, detailed imaging across a wide field of view useful for deciphering brain functions WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a ...
How spin dances with dipole
Credit: ©Science China Press Both electric dipoles and spin moments can be ordered in solids, leading to ferro-type phases, e.g. ...
Artificial chemical DNA switch helps understand epigenetic mechanisms
Credit: IOCB Prague Researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University constructed an artificial chemical DNA switch and ...
New technique could help regrow tissue lost to periodontal disease
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about half of all Americans will have periodontal disease at ...
Cryptosporidium parasite detected in Minnesota groundwater
When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever. Now, researchers ...
Active investigation
Physicist Zvonimir Dogic receives grant to study fundamentals of 3D active matter If you think about it, our bodies are ...
Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now ...
Princeton scientists discover chiral crystals exhibiting exotic quantum effects
Credit: Hasan Lab, Princeton University Crystals possessing "handedness" exhibit unusual properties. New evidence suggests that they can host electrons moving ...
Turn off a light, save a life, says new UW-Madison study
MADISON, Wis. -- We all know that turning off lights and buying energy-efficient appliances affects our financial bottom line. Now, ...
Magnetic stir bars carry ‘memory’ from previous flasks and tubes
Surprisingly high level of surface contaminations of magnetic stir bars escapes regular cleaning and brings highly reactive traces of metal ...
Visualizing better cancer treatment
NYU researchers engineer a protein micelle that can be visualized by MRI as it delivers hemotherapeutics BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, ...
2019 APS April Meeting: Preliminary highlights and last call for hotel registration
A list of interesting talks, sessions, and other highlights for the American Physical Society April Meeting, which takes place April ...
It’s spring already? Physics explains why time flies as we age
A slowdown in image processing speeds up our perception of time passing as we ageCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- ...
Supercomputer simulations shed light on how liquid drops combine
Scientists have revealed the precise molecular mechanisms that cause drops of liquid to combine, in a discovery that could have ...
Scientists of Russia and Belarus are working on the creation of new materials
Scientific research will allow to create more advanced electromechanical devicesCredit: Denis Alikin Scientists of Ural Federal University and the National ...
‘Terminator’-like liquid metal moves and stretches in 3D space (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects ...
A new strategy of fabricating p-n junction in single crystalline Si nanowires, twisting
Credit: ©Science China Press If a semiconductor crystal is doped with n-type dopants in one region and with p-type dopants ...
Pollutants, pathogens could team up to make us sick
Many people view pollutants and pathogens as separate causes of illness. However, recent research indicates that the two can interact, ...