For years, researchers have tried various ways to coax quantum bits—or qubits, the basic building blocks of quantum computers—to remain in their quantum state for ever-longer times, a key step in creating devices like ...
Condensed Matter
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New research, published in The Astrophysical Journal, has revealed the distribution of dark matter in never-before-seen detail, down to a scale of 30,000 light-years. The observed distribution fluctuations provide better ...
Astronomy
Sep 7, 2023
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Antarctica's vast ice masses seem far away, yet they store enough water to raise global sea levels by several meters. A team of experts from European research institutes has now provided the first systematic stability inspection ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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The public has the wrong idea about what homeless people would do after coming into a large amount of money. A University of B.C. study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences unveils this stark ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2023
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US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska home to iconic animal species.
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research program after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.
Other
Sep 7, 2023
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Phoenix, already the hottest large city in America, is poised to set yet another heat record this weekend while confirmed heat-associated deaths are on track for a record of their own.
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2023
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Scientists need a better understanding of the chemistry of radium to be able to target the isotope radium-223 (Ra-223) to cancer cells. Once delivered, Ra-223 can destroy those cells with alpha particles, a type of radiation.
Analytical Chemistry
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