An expansion of parental benefits in Quebec 15 years ago revolutionized the province's labour force—the intended outcome—but it also saved some marriages, a Western study has found.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2021
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An atypical two-dimensional sandwich has the tasty part on the outside for scientists and engineers developing multifunctional nanodevices.
Nanomaterials
Jan 11, 2021
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Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE BRTA (San Sebastian, Spain), in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (San Sebastián, Spain) and the University of Oviedo (Spain) employed a spectroscopic nanoimaging ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 23, 2020
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Ever noticed how our smartphones and computing devices become faster within short spans? You can thank Moore's law for that. Back in 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that the processing power of computers would ...
General Physics
Nov 20, 2020
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ITMO University researchers have demonstrated that individual atoms can be transformed into polaritons—quantum particles that are a mixture of matter and light, which are transmitted via optical fibers. In this new state ...
General Physics
Oct 29, 2020
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Previous research seems to show the tendency of women to sabotage themselves in order to earn less than their husbands. But a closer look at the data reveals that might not be the case.
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2020
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A research team from Garching and Vienna discovered a remarkable echo effect that offers exciting new possibilities for working with quantum information.
General Physics
Sep 24, 2020
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Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultra-strong coupling between light and matter at room temperature. The discovery is of importance ...
General Physics
Sep 23, 2020
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The greatest Christmas present Priscilla Grew received last year was an email.
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2020
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A collaboration across three FLEET nodes has reviewed the fundamental theories underpinning the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE).
Quantum Physics
Sep 15, 2020
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