Band gaps, made to order
This artist’s representation shows an electron beam (in purple) being used to create a 2D superlattice made up of quantum dots having extraordinary atomic-scale...
Online assessment could improve math marks of deaf learners
Dr. Nolan Damon showing the online mathematics assessment that he developed.
Credit: Stefan Els
Online mathematics assessment (OMA) could help improve the mathematics performance of deaf...
Detecting radio waves with entangled atoms
Schematic illustration of the experimental setup.
Credit: ICFO
In a study published in Physics Review Letters, and highlighted by APS Physics, ICFO researchers demonstrate a new...
Exotic quantum particle observed in bilayer graphene
The so-called 5/2 state has confounded scientists for several decades. While all known particles in the universe are classified as either bosons or fermions,...
Prehistoric squid was last meal of newborn ichthyosaur 200 million years ago
This is the specimen. It has a total length of around 70 cm. The specimen is on display at the Lapworth Museum of Geology,...
Warmer world may bring more local, less global, temperature variability
A new study finds temperature variability will increase in some regions (shown in red) as Earth warms, even as global variability declines.
Credit: Duke University,...
Air temperature is external trigger for heart attack
Heart attacks occur more frequently in winter.
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A 16 year study in more than 280,000 patients has suggested that air temperature...
Supersonic gas streams left over from the Big Bang drive massive black hole formation
These are projected density distributions of dark matter (background and top panel) and gas (bottom three panels) components when the massive star forms. The...
Mars study yields clues to possible cradle of life
The Eridania basin of southern Mars is believed to have held a sea about 3.7 billion years ago, with seafloor deposits likely resulting from...
Is it your second cousin? Cotton swabs may tell you
A new DNA testing technique can accurately confirm relatedness between two individuals as distant as second cousins. With more DNA datasets at hand, the...
Successful field experiments with autonomos drones
Drone in study.
Credit: Image courtesy of Luleå University of Technology
Wind turbines are getting bigger and bigger. The larger the wind turbines are, the more...
