Breaking down the Wiedemann-Franz law
A study exploring the coupling between heat and particle currents in a gas of strongly interacting atoms highlights the fundamental role of quantum correlations...
Another step forward on universal quantum computer
Researchers have demonstrated holonomic quantum gates under zero-magnetic field at room temperature, which could enable the realization of fast and fault-tolerant universal quantum computers.
A...
Animation based on satellite data shows Southern California ‘breathing’ water
Using an unprecedented number of satellite radar images, geophysicists at Caltech have tracked how the ground in Southern California rises and falls as groundwater...
Laziness led to extinction of Homo erectus
New archaeological research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found that Homo erectus, an extinct species of primitive humans, went extinct in part...
New study reveals proton hydration structures are asymmetric
eHow water solvates and transports protons is a fundamental question facing chemists and biologists alike and is vital to our understanding of processes such...
Prehistoric peopling in southeast Asia: Genomics of Jomon and other ancient skeletons
Uncovering the expansion processes of human habitats in the past is of great importance for understanding the origins and establishment of present-day populations and...
Recording every cell’s history in real-time with evolving genetic barcodes
All humans begin life as a single cell that divides repeatedly to form two, then four, then eight cells, all the way up to...
Pairs of small colliding galaxies may seed future stars
A pair of dwarf galaxies closely circling the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, were in the throes of merging into one...
Glaucoma may be an autoimmune disease
Glaucoma, a disease that afflicts nearly 70 million people worldwide, is something of a mystery despite its prevalence. Little is known about the origins...
Ice sheets of the last ice age seeded the ocean with silica
New research led by glaciologists and isotope geochemists from the University of Bristol has found that melting ice sheets provide the surrounding oceans with...
Ultrahot planets have starlike atmospheres
Recent observations by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes of ultrahot Jupiter-like planets have perplexed theorists. The spectra of these planets have suggested they...
