An international team of scientists discovered a new quantum control mechanism to selectively shake and break C-H bonds in symmetric hydrocarbon molecules with the waveform of femtosecond laser pulses.
Condensed Matter
May 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Your typical robot story tends to be about robotics teams finding clever ways to make their mechanical devices mimic real animals in shape and movement. A study coming out of South Korea has a twist. Researchers ...
Specialized structures used by cancer cells to invade tissues could also help them escape protection mechanisms aimed at eliminating them, a UA-led research team has discovered.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 26, 2011
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Large-scale quantum networks have been proposed, but so far, they do not exist. Some components of what would make up such networks are being studied, but the control mechanism for such a large-scale network has not been ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 31, 2021
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With atomic precision, scientists built a testbed to manipulate electrons in entirely new ways with potential applications in quantum computing.
Nanophysics
Nov 29, 2022
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The primary structure that will serve as the "bones" of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has moved into the big clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The spacecraft bus, Roman's ...
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2023
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A mechanism behind how plants can develop long-term immunity to stress has been discovered by scientists at the University of Sheffield.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2023
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Mitochondria generate most of the energy cells need through a respiratory chain for which they must produce their own proteins. The research group of Associate Professor Henna Tyynismaa, University of Helsinki, Finland, has ...
Biochemistry
Dec 12, 2017
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The use of GPS technology to monitor sex offenders should be viewed as a tool rather than a control mechanism, a team of researchers at Sam Houston State University found in a recent study.
Telecom
Aug 8, 2011
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Bacteria that cause the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in humans create their own food supply by hijacking a process in host cells that normally should help kill the pathogenic bugs, scientists have found.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2012
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