A UNSW Australia-led team of researchers has discovered how algae that survive in very low levels of light are able to switch on and off a weird quantum phenomenon that occurs during photosynthesis.
Biochemistry
Jun 16, 2014
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A new study of the 37,000-year old remains of the "Deep Skull" - the oldest modern human discovered in island South-East Asia - has revealed this ancient person was not related to Indigenous Australians, as had been originally ...
Archaeology
Jun 27, 2016
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For the first time ever, researchers have measured the fidelity—that is, the accuracy—of two-qubit logic operations in silicon, with highly promising results that will enable scaling up to a full-scale quantum processor.
Quantum Physics
May 13, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The arrival of superfast quantum computing is closer following recent breakthroughs by an international team led by UNSW researchers.
General Physics
Jan 5, 2010
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If there's one thing that scavengers do, it's scavenge: feed on whatever is available, whenever it's available.
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2022
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335
A faraway galaxy with almost no dark matter has threatened to break our theory of galaxy formation. New evidence suggests the galaxy isn't an anomaly—but a victim of theft.
Astronomy
Nov 27, 2020
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The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led international team of scientists.
Archaeology
Jan 10, 2018
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1111
Blue whales may be the biggest animals in the world, but they're also some of the hardest to find.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2021
0
725
Australian cancer researchers have developed a highly promising nanomedicine that could improve treatment for pancreatic cancer – the most deadly cancer in Australia.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 8, 2016
0
557
Australian scientists have designed a 3D silicon chip architecture based on single atom quantum bits, which is compatible with atomic-scale fabrication techniques - providing a blueprint to build a large-scale quantum computer.
Quantum Physics
Oct 30, 2015
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