Duke University biomedical engineers have harvested genes for ion channels from bacteria that, with a few tweaks, can create and enhance electrical signaling…
“The quantum socket is a wiring method that uses three-dimensional wires based on spring-loaded pins to address individual qubits,” said Jeremy Béjanin, a PhD…
The oceans hold a vast reservoir–700 billion tons–of carbon, dissolved in seawater as organic matter, often surviving for thousands of years after being…
Researchers combined innovative crystal growth, highly sensitive magnetic measurements, and the controlled introduction of disorder through electron…
This study could provide an important breakthrough for solving a 100 year old physical problem, and deepen our knowledge of an interesting class of materials…
A place on the podium of the “DHL Robotics Challenge 2016” is now safe for the student team from three faculties of the University of Bremen, Germany, as they…
Which city has the larger population: Chicago or Akron? If you don’t know, you might base your judgement on which of the two names you recognize. This…
Australian engineers have created a new quantum bit which remains in a stable superposition for 10 times longer than previously achieved, dramatically…
Nanowires are extremely tiny filamentary crystals which are built-up molecule by molecule from various materials and which are now being very actively studied…
They immediately arrange themselves into tightly packed structures at the interface between water and glass or between water and air,' explains Karin Jacobs….
Professor Jörg Vogel, head of the Institute for Molecular Infection Biology of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany, is a…
To test their hypothesis, the scientists investigated ancient coastlines that were preserved over time, so-called paleoshorelines, to determine the rate of…
Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel — an elastic, rubbery…
A team of UCF researchers has produced the most efficient quantum cascade laser ever designed – and done it in a way that makes the lasers easier to…
Plants cannot move to find new places to live in, but they can actively direct their seeds to new suitable places for plant development. This 'directed…
Though Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been the baker's and brewer's yeast of choice for centuries, it poses a unique challenge to researchers using it to make…