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Quantum Physics Jul 29, 2024

Optical fibers fit for the age of quantum computing

A new generation of specialty optical fibers has been developed by physicists at the University of Bath in the UK to cope with the challenges of data transfer expected to arise in the future age of quantum computing.

Social Sciences Jul 27, 2024

Experiments reveal that image memorability can sharpen our sense of time

Research by George Mason professor Martin Wiener recently demonstrated that the more memorable an image is, the longer and more accurately its viewers can perceive the passage of time. In a series of experimental studies, ...

Other Jul 27, 2024

Saturday Citations: E-bike accident spike; epigenetics in memory formation; Komodo dragons now scarier

This week, we reported on new epigenetic findings in memory formation as well as a dramatic spike in micromobility-related head injuries, so there's a whole lot of head-related science on the front burner these days. There ...

Biochemistry Jul 26, 2024

New aerospace and building materials could repair themselves thanks to fungi and bacteria

Researchers are using biological matter to create unique new materials that can adapt to their environment and repair themselves.

General Physics Jul 26, 2024

AI makes useless noise widely useful in synchronizing physical oscillators

In a Letter published in Physical Review E, scientists from the Research Institute of Intelligent Complex Systems (IICS) at the Fudan University show AI makes useless noise widely useful in oscillator synchronization. These ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 26, 2024

New interaction network in endocytosis process discovered

AP180 is a protein involved in endocytosis and in signal transmission between nerve cells. This protein, which largely lacks a three-dimensional structure, has never been fully studied.

Planetary Sciences Jul 26, 2024

How solar storms play havoc with our lives

Despite the 150 million kilometers that separate it from the Earth, the sun does more than just light our way: it also impacts our electricity networks, and even our transport.

Ecology Jul 26, 2024

How roads are reshaping and scarring our planet, and even changing animals' DNA

A web of roads encircles the Earth and stretches 40 million miles. In Crossings, a new book by environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb, tarmac is exposed for the planet-shaping force it is—one that has polluted rivers and ...

Earth Sciences Jul 26, 2024

How a warming Arctic is accelerating global climate change

Three recent papers authored by Ted Schuur, Regents' professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University, and other researchers around the world, organized through the Permafrost Carbon Network, investigate the ...

General Physics Jul 26, 2024

Balancing instability and robustness: New mathematical framework for dynamics of natural systems

Scientists all over the world use modeling approaches to understand complex natural systems such as climate systems or neuronal or biochemical networks. A team of researchers has now developed a new mathematical framework ...

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