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Synchronizing optical clocks to one quadrillionth of a second
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An international team of researchers, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has advanced...
New 3D design for mobile microbatteries
In the race towards miniaturization, a French-US team-mostly involving researchers from the CNRS, Université de Lille, Université de Nantes and Argonne National Laboratory (US)...
Chaos in cosmos: Stars with three planet-forming discs of gas
Observations with the ALMA telescopes of the gas around the two stars called IRS 43. The colors are shown as an illustration. The gas...
Scientists find new metabolic pathways to resist viruses
Live fluorescent imaging of hepatitis C viruses (red) seemingly avoiding liver cells that accumulate fat (green) in spite of the virus's well known contribution...
First of our three billion heartbeats is sooner than we thought
Now, a team funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at the University of Oxford has demonstrated earlier beating of the heart in mouse...
Intestinal diversity protects against asthma
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, study whether intestinal bacteria play a role in the development of allergy and asthma.Credit: Thor Balkhed, Linköping University
Children who...
Empowering preschool children with the language of math adds up to stronger skills
Teaching preschool children simple math-related vocabulary and concepts, such as "more," "a lot," "some" and "fewer," improves their mathematical skills, according to a new...
Childhood Family Environment Linked With Relationship Quality 60 Years Later
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Growing up in a warm family environment in childhood is associated with feeling more secure in romantic relationships in one’s 80s, according to...
Who stole all the stars?
Artist's impression of a flare from a star partly behind a black hole. Credit: James Josephides, Swinburne University of Technology
Astronomers confirm remarkable size of...
New evidence supports biological link between Zika infection, Guillain-Barré syndrome
In a collaborative effort with scientists at six Colombian hospitals, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report what they believe to be the strongest biological evidence...
New kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
To demonstrate the supercapacitor's ability to store power, the researchers modified an off-the-shelf hand-crank flashlight (the red parts at each side) by cutting it...
