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Physicists pass spin information through a superconductor
Spinning LEDs.Credit: Image courtesy of Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
Could assisted reproduction reduce birth defects for older women?
Babies born to women aged 40 and over from assisted reproduction have fewer birth defects compared with those from women who conceive naturally at...
Developing a sensor for vitamin B12 deficiency
University of Adelaide researchers have developed a world-first optical sensor that can detect vitamin B12 in diluted human blood – a first step towards...
A Novel Approach to Studying a Star’s Environment from Light Curves
A plot of the light intensity versus time (the light curve) for the star EPIC 204278916. The star was observed for over 78.8 days...
Significant deforestation in Brazilian Amazon goes undetected
New research shows that landowners in Brazil are clearing more forest than government measures suggest. In the satellite image above, black boxes and yellow...
Modeling floods that formed canyons on Earth, Mars
Larsen and Lamb apply their new model to the “channeled scablands” in eastern Washington State, an area that, like some on Mars, has very...
Diamonds aren’t forever: Team creates first quantum computer bridge
This stylized illustration of a quantum bridge shows an array of holes (purple) etched in diamond with two silicon atoms (yellow) placed between the...
Want to optimize those 10,000 (or fewer) steps? Walk faster, sit less
Image Credit: Flickr/spapax
That popular daily target of 10,000 steps is a worthwhile goal, but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that if...
Untangling a cause of memory loss in neurodegenerative diseases
Sections of brains from normal (left) and tauopathy (right) mice. The dark purple lines in the left image represent the hippocampus, the area most...
Possible formation site of icy giant planet spotted
Artist's impression of the dust disk and a forming planet around TW Hydrae.Credit: NAOJ
A number of extrasolar planets have been found in the past...
Two distinct genetic subtypes found in Crohn’s disease patients
Crohn's disease, a common inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract, can have devastating consequences for a patient's quality of life and is notoriously hard...
