National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have demonstrated a new way of controlling Rashba interactions in oxide systems. Tuning and controlling Rashba interactions is a particularly promising technology, as it can ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 30, 2023
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Black-capped chickadees have an incredible ability to remember where they've cached food in their environments. They are also small, fast, and able to fly.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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Researchers at University of Oxford have recently created a quantum memory within a trapped-ion quantum network node. Their unique memory design, introduced in a paper in Physical Review Letters, has been found to be extremely ...
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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Scientists have shown that honeybees retain a memory of the dominant linear landscape elements in their home area like channels, roads, and boundaries. When transported to an unfamiliar area, they seek out local elements ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2023
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There are reasons to assume that not only humans but also some non-human species of animal have conscious perception. Which species have consciousness and how the subjective experience of various species could differ is being ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2023
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Fact-checking is an important tool in the fight against online disinformation that can have serious implications for individuals and society by influencing elections, conflict and health. However, according to a survey conducted ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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A woman called "Nyla" (her name changed to protect her anonymity) logged on to Facebook one day only to see a photo of her former abuser staring back at her.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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In principle, quantum-based devices such as computers and sensors could vastly outperform conventional digital technologies for carrying out many complex tasks. But developing such devices in practice has been a challenging ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 15, 2023
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The brain's ability to use lactate, a byproduct of sugar metabolism, to support neuronal signaling and memory formation traces back to genes that evolved well before the emergence of higher cognitive functions.
Evolution
Feb 13, 2023
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