The concept of "symmetry" is essential to fundamental physics: a crucial element in everything from subatomic particles to macroscopic crystals. Accordingly, a lack of symmetry—or asymmetry—can drastically affect the ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 28, 2022
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Usually, a defect in a diamond is a bad thing. But for engineers, miniscule blips in a diamond's otherwise stiff crystal structure are paving the way for ultrasensitive quantum sensors that push the limits of today's technologies. ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 13, 2022
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Water is the one thing all life on Earth needs, and the cycle of rain to river to ocean to rain is an essential part of what keeps our planet's climate stable and hospitable. When scientists talk about where to search for ...
Astronomy
Sep 8, 2022
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New research measuring resources passed from parents to children shows that current estimates of intergenerational mobility may be substantially overstated.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2022
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A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology reviews studies of workload distribution and division of labor to advance understanding of the factors that determine individual differences in the costs and benefits ...
Ecology
Aug 18, 2022
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A black hole is usually where information goes to disappear—but scientists may have found a trick to use its last moments to tell us about the history of the universe.
Astronomy
Aug 16, 2022
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From water boiling into steam to ice cubes melting in a glass, we've all seen the phenomenon known as a phase transition in our everyday lives. But there's another type of phase transition that's much harder to see, but just ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 11, 2022
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A meme has been circulating online during the pandemic featuring Tiktaalik roseae, the iconic, four-legged "fishapod" that first made the transition from water to land 375 million years ago. Most variations show Tiktaalik ...
Evolution
Jul 20, 2022
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When carbon atoms stack into a perfectly repeating three-dimensional crystal, they can form precious diamonds. Arranged another way, in repetitive flat sheets, carbon makes the shiny gray graphite found in pencils. But there ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 18, 2022
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For well over a century the immense biodiversity of the lands that constitute Spain's Doñana National Park has attracted the attention of hunters, nature-lovers, and natural scientists from across the Western world. Iberian ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2022
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