New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster
Researchers have identified a group of materials that could be used to make even higher power batteries. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge,...
Pieces of mantle found rising under north and south ends of Cascadia fault
With four years of data from 268 seismometers on the ocean floor and several hundred on land, researchers have found anomalies in the upper...
Team shatters theoretical limit on bio-hydrogen production
In 1977, researcher Rudolf Thauer proposed a theoretical ceiling on the amount of hydrogen that bacteria could produce via fermentation, the sugar-converting process also...
World-first quantum computer simulation of chemical bonds using trapped ions
An international group of researchers has achieved the world's first multi-qubit demonstration of a quantum chemistry calculation performed on a system of trapped ions,...
Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus—here’s how they may use...
Some 18 million years ago, an ancestor of mouse-eared bats "stole" genetic material from an ancient virus related to Ebola.
The swiped genetic sequence —...
A mathematical view on cell packing
A key challenge in the embryonic development of complex life forms is the correct specification of cell positions so that organs and limbs grow...
Radiation maps of Jupiter’s moon Europa—key to future missions
New comprehensive mapping of the radiation pummeling Jupiter's icy moon Europa reveals where scientists should look—and how deep they'll have to go—when searching for...
Scientists develop new materials that move in response to light
Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising the possibility...
Researchers find quantum ‘Maxwell’s demon’ may give up information to extract work
Thermodynamics is one of the most human of scientific enterprises, according to Kater Murch, associate professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington...
Ytterbium: The quantum memory of tomorrow
Quantum communication and cryptography are the future of high-security communication. But many challenges lie ahead before a worldwide quantum network can be set up,...
The Milky Way’s long-lost sibling finally found
Scientists at the University of Michigan have deduced that the Andromeda galaxy, our closest large galactic neighbor, shredded and cannibalized a massive galaxy two...
