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Physics & Astronomy

Yale Device Extends Quantum Information Lifespan Significantly

For the first time, researchers at Yale have crossed the “break even” point in preserving a bit of quantum information for longer than the lifetime of its…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Drag: Understanding Friction in Nature’s Forces

Friction and drag are commonplace in nature. You experience these phenomena when riding in an airplane, pairing electrical wiring, or rubbing pieces of…

Life & Chemistry

Neurons Form Synapse Clusters in Cerebral Cortex Insights

The cerebral cortex resembles a vast switchboard. Countless lines carrying information about the environment, for example from the sensory organs, converge in…

Health & Medicine

Silicon Nanoparticles: Advancing Cancer Treatment Research

The Lomonosov Moscow State University researchers in collaboration with their German colleagues have succeeded in proving that silicon nanoparticles can be…

Earth Sciences

Oceans: A Hidden Source of Hydrogen Gas from Tectonic Rocks

Rocks formed beneath the ocean floor by fast-spreading tectonic plates may be a large and previously overlooked source of free hydrogen gas (H2), a new Duke…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boosting Artichoke Root Growth and Transplant Quality

According to the authors of a new study, transplant shock is very common in globe artichoke grown in semiarid regions of the United States; high air…

Life & Chemistry

New Probe Enhances High-Resolution Brain Temperature Measurement

The brain is the most temperature-sensitive organ in the body. Even small deviations in brain temperature are capable of producing profound effects–including…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Synthesis of Nanostructures from Simple Precursors

Surface-mediated synthesis of low-dimensional polymers from simple molecular precursors is a rapidly emerging field. In this work, the researchers introduce…

Earth Sciences

Groundwater Discharge Variations Impact Upper Colorado River Basin

Groundwater discharge that flows into the Upper Colorado River Basin varies in response to drought, which is likely due to aquifer systems that contain…

Health & Medicine

Titanium and Gold: A New Standard for Artificial Joints

Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints because it's strong, wear-resistant and nontoxic, but an unexpected discovery by Rice…

Physics & Astronomy

World's most sensitive dark matter detector completes search

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates beneath a mile of rock at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills…

Earth Sciences

Unlocking History: How Cave Dripwater Reveals Climate Changes

This means stalagmites and stalactites work as time capsules that scientists can use to study how the environment changed over the past hundreds or thousands…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Magnetic Innovations: Flip-Activated Storage at Room Temperature

In today’s world of ever-increasing digital information storage and computation, the next information storage revolution seeks to exploit a novel effect…

Earth Sciences

Underwater Robot Explores Arctic Seabed for One Year

Far from any controls, an underwater robot has been working for the past few days in 2,500 metres of water on the seabed of the Arctic, after the completion of…

Earth Sciences

Wildfire Signatures Discovered in Cave Formations

Pauline Treble, a researcher at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, first got interested…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Ionic Fluorosurfactants for Eco-Friendly Applications

The present invention relates to a new, effective, price competitive, and environmentally preferable ionic fluorosurfactants for a broad range of applications.

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