Mexico to bury archaeological find because of virus costs
The costs of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic have forced Mexican archaeologists to re-bury a unusual find that combined colonial and pre-Hispanic features.
Archaeology
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Decoding electron dynamics
Electron motion in atoms and molecules is of fundamental importance to many physical, biological and chemical processes. Exploring electron dynamics within atoms and molecules is essential for understanding and manipulating ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 1, 2021
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Army Corps plans extensive review of Great Lakes tunnel plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday it would conduct an extensive review of Enbridge Energy's plan to build an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a Great Lakes channel in Michigan, which could significantly delay the ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2021
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Tracking topological conditions in graphene
Scientists have been able to demonstrate that graphene nanostructures can be generated by annealing of a nanostructured silicon carbide crystal for a few years. "These two-dimensional, spatially strongly restricted carbon ...
Nanophysics
Apr 19, 2021
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Demonstrating the world's fastest spintronics p-bit
Tohoku University researchers have, for the first time, developed the technology for the nanosecond operation of the spintronics-based probabilistic bit (p-bit)—dubbed "the poor man's quantum bit" (q-bit).
General Physics
Mar 19, 2021
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Microscope allows ultrafast nanoscale manipulation while tracking energy dynamics
Since the early 2010s, ultrafast probing of materials at atomic-level resolution has been enabled by terahertz scanning tunneling microscopes (THz-STM). But these devices can't detect the dissipation of energy that happens ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 9, 2021
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Research contributes to understanding of hypersonic flow
Using data collected in a NASA Langley Mach 6 wind tunnel, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign replicated the hypersonic flow conditions of a compression ramp flow by means of Direct Numerical Simulation. ...
General Physics
Mar 4, 2021
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A new study reveals that quantum physics can cause mutations in our DNA
Quantum biology is an emerging field of science, established in the 1920s, which looks at whether the subatomic world of quantum mechanics plays a role in living cells. Quantum mechanics is an interdisciplinary field by nature, ...
General Physics
Feb 22, 2021
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Rebuilding soil microbiomes in high-tunnel agricultural systems focus of study
The presence of high salt and nitrogen concentrations in high-tunnel soils may make it more challenging to rebuild a healthy soil microbiome following a soil-clearing event, according to microbial ecologists in Penn State's ...
Environment
Feb 11, 2021
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Quantum tunneling in graphene advances the age of terahertz wireless communications
Scientists from MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), Moscow Pedagogical State University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz detector based on the effect of quantum-mechanical ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 3, 2021
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