From the headphones we use to listen to our favorite songs or podcasts, to sonic camouflage employed by submarines, how we transmit and experience sound is an essential part of how we engage with our surrounding world. Acoustic ...
Materials Science
Mar 10, 2020
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Scientists from the PTB and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), both Germany, have carried out pioneering optical measurements of highly charged ions with unprecedented precision. To do this, they isolated ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 29, 2020
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"Think what we can do if we teach a quantum computer to do statistical mechanics," posed Michael McGuigan, a computational scientist with the Computational Science Initiative at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven ...
General Physics
Jan 27, 2020
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384
Scientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Arizona State University (ASU) have developed the first direct gene circuit to electrode interface by combining cell-free synthetic biology with state-of-the-art nanostructured ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 25, 2019
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Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2019
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Ulrika Hedman has followed Swedish journalists' adoption of social media and social network sites (SNS) from 2011. Based on representative surveys and massive data on journalists' use of Twitter, she has analyzed how journalists ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2019
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A team of engineers has developed a transistor made from linen thread, enabling them to create electronic devices made entirely of thin threads that could be woven into fabric, worn on the skin, or even (theoretically) implanted ...
Materials Science
Aug 21, 2019
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It may be possible to reach new levels of miniaturization, speed, and data processing with optical quantum computers, which use light to carry information. For this, we need materials that can absorb and transmit photons. ...
Materials Science
Aug 6, 2019
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The quantum logic clock—perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool—has climbed back to the leading performance echelons of the world's experimental atomic clocks.
Quantum Physics
Jul 15, 2019
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96
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have teleported a computer circuit instruction known as a quantum logic operation between two separated ions (electrically charged atoms), showcasing ...
Quantum Physics
May 30, 2019
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