Scientists explain how leaf apex enhances water drainage
Credit: DONG Zhichao Chinese scientists have recently shown how the tiny apex structure in plant leaves controls water drainage and ...
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Tuning optical resonators gives researchers control over transparency
Method has ramifications for quantum computing, communications and moreCredit: Yang Lab In the quantum realm, under some circumstances and with ...
Pioneering tool to manage media industry’s digital carbon footprint
Credit: Pixabay/ University of Bristol A collaboration between computer scientists at the University of Bristol and nine major media companies, ...
Virtual reality, real injuries: OSU study shows how to reduce physical risk in VR
Credit: Courtesy Jay Kim CORVALLIS, Ore. - Carpal tunnel, stiff shoulders, eye-strain headaches - these are all well-known side effects ...
New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseries
Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxyCredit: Alyssa Goodman / Harvard University ...
Physicist Georg Woltersdorf appointed Max Planck Fellow — research project on spintronics
Credit: Marco Warmuth/TGZ Halle Professor Georg Woltersdorf, head of the Optics Group at the Institute of Physics at Martin Luther ...
ORNL researchers advance performance benchmark for quantum computers
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a quantum chemistry ...
The Quantum Information Edge launches to accelerate quantum computing R&D
Credit: (Credit: sakkmesterke/Shutterstock) A nationwide alliance of national labs, universities, and industry launched today to advance the frontiers of quantum ...
Russian scientists have found a way to make laser optics more effective and cheaper
The research team of the IKBFU developed a fundamentally new method of manufacturing laser optics, which is based on the ...
No storm in a teacup — it’s a cyclone on a silicon chip
Credit: Dr. Christopher Baker University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the ...
A new playbook for interference
NIST scientists correlate photon pairs of different colors generated in separate buildingsCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Particles can sometimes act like waves, ...
How vulnerable is your car to cyberattacks?
Even the smartest of smart cars have issuesCredit: Free via Px Here: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/655303 EAST LANSING, Mich. - The emergence of ...
Solving the challenges of long duration space flight with 3D printing
Astronauts on future missions to the Moon and Mars need to be able to make their own spare parts, tools ...
New platform to help SMEs get started with cyber-physical systems
Small and medium-sized enterprises need better opportunities to exploit the benefits of computer-based models for cyber-physical systems; this is the ...