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Electronic activity previously invisible to electron microscopes revealed

Electronic activity previously invisible to electron microscopes revealed

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The chips that drive everyday electronic gadgets such as personal computers and smartphones are made in semiconductor fabrication plants. These plants employ powerful transmission...
Computer theorists show path to verifying that quantum beats classical

Computer theorists show path to verifying that quantum beats classical

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As multiple research groups around the world race to build a scalable quantum computer, questions remain about how the achievement of quantum supremacy will...
Mountain birds on escalator to extinction as planet warms

Mountain birds on ‘escalator to extinction’ as planet warms

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A meticulous re-creation of a 3-decade-old study of birds on a mountainside in Peru has given scientists a rare chance to prove how the...
Interior northwest Indians used tobacco long before European contact

Interior northwest Indians used tobacco long before European contact

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Washington State University researchers have determined that Nez Perce Indians grew and smoked tobacco at least 1,200 years ago, long before the arrival of...
Manganese may finally solve hydrogen fuel cells catalyst problem

Manganese may finally solve hydrogen fuel cells’ catalyst problem

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Manganese is known for making stainless steel and aluminum soda cans. Now, researchers say the metal could advance one of the most promising sources...
Animal species becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation nearly complete

Animal species becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation nearly complete

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Species of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation has claimed more than 99 percent of the country's original...
Alterations to seabed raise fears for future

Alterations to seabed raise fears for future

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The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity. Normally the deep sea bottom is a chalky white....
Our microbes are starving and thats a good thing

Our microbes are starving, and that’s a good thing

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Each of us is only half human. The other half is microbial. Trillions of viruses, fungi, bacteria and other microscopic organisms coat our skin...
Sweet discovery New study pushes back the origins of chocolate

Sweet discovery: New study pushes back the origins of chocolate

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As Halloween revelers prepare to feast on chocolate, a new study from an international team of researchers, including the University of British Columbia, is...
A solar cell that does double duty for renewable energy

A solar cell that does double duty for renewable energy

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In the quest for abundant, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, scientists have sought to harvest the sun's energy through "water splitting," an artificial photosynthesis...
Bitcoin can push global warming above 2 C in a couple decades

Bitcoin can push global warming above 2 C in a couple decades

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A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change finds that if Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other technologies...