Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle suspension can serve as a simple model for studying the formation of patterns and structures in more complicated non-equilibrium systems, such as living cells. ...
Nanophysics
Dec 22, 2021
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Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists at the University of Bonn and the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have devised an elegant experiment to answer this question. ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 22, 2021
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Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, buried in mud on the Alabama coast since it was scuttled in 1860, have made the surprising discovery that most of the wooden schooner remains intact, including ...
Archaeology
Dec 22, 2021
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While conventional electronics relies on the transport of electrons, components that convey spin information alone may be many times more energy efficient. Physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 22, 2021
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The growing interest in deep-space exploration has sparked the need for powerful long-lived rocket systems to drive spacecraft through the cosmos. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics ...
Plasma Physics
Dec 22, 2021
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Mobility shaped the human world profoundly long before the modern age. But archaeologists often struggle to create a timeline for the speed and impact of this mobility. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Danish ...
Archaeology
Dec 22, 2021
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New research published today has demonstrated that tiny graphene neural probes can be used safely to greatly improve our understanding of the causes of epilepsy.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 22, 2021
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91
Most of us are familiar with "spinach teeth," the harmless but gritty-chalky mouthfeel caused by the vegetable.
Evolution
Dec 22, 2021
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Scientists in Switzerland and Germany have achieved efficient electron-beam modulation using integrated photonics—circuits that guide light on a chip. The experiments could lead to entirely new quantum measurement schemes ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 22, 2021
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A little wiggle room might be just what the doctor ordered.
Biochemistry
Dec 22, 2021
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