Quantum memories are devices that can store quantum information for a later time, which are usually implemented by storing and re-emitting photons with certain quantum states. But often it's difficult to tell whether a memory ...
Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and when specific events happened—right up to their last few days of life, researchers have found. The results, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2021
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Identifying faces is a crucial part of police work, and while training can bring about small improvements in accuracy, superior face recognition abilities are something you are born with, past research has shown.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2023
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Understanding how active, healthy aging can be achieved is one of the most relevant problems today. Dogs can be used as model animals for studying aging, and their welfare is also a public concern. Now researchers at the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2022
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Chimpanzees are capable of metacognition, or thinking about one's own thinking, and can adjust their behavior accordingly, researchers at Georgia State University, Agnes Scott College, Wofford College and the University at ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2015
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In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy years before ...
Biochemistry
Sep 28, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Operators of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are resuming use of the mission's highest resolution camera following a second precautionary shutdown in two weeks.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2011
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Intelligence can mean many things. For most people, it describes the general ability to learn and use knowledge in different areas, such as technology, science, and even personal relationships. At the Beckman Institute for ...
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the stern faces of newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather as trusted sources for news of the important events in America and around the world, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2021
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Whether you are a student or the parent of one contending with coronavirus school closures, this year "back to school" means studying under some unusual circumstances.
Education
Aug 11, 2020
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