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VLA detects possible extrasolar planetary-mass magnetic powerhouse
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have made the first radio-telescope detection of a planetary-mass object beyond...
Complexity test offers new perspective on small quantum computers
State-of-the-art quantum devices are not yet large enough to be called full-scale computers. The biggest comprise just a few dozen qubits—a meager count compared...
High-resolution imaging of nanoparticle surface structures is now possible
Using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), extremely high resolution imaging of the molecule-covered surface structures of silver nanoparticles is possible, even down to the recognition...
Wildflowers combat climate change with diversity
In 1859, when Charles Darwin first articulated the theory of evolution, he speculated that a process of natural selection led species to adapt to...
In a first, scientists precisely measure how synthetic diamonds grow
Natural diamond is forged by tremendous pressures and temperatures deep underground. But synthetic diamond can be grown by nucleation, where tiny bits of diamond...
Plants can tell the time using sugars
A new study by an international team of scientists, including the University of Bristol, has discovered that plants adjust their daily circadian rhythm to...
Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse
The severity of drought conditions during the demise of the Maya civilisation about one thousand years ago has been quantified, representing another piece of...
A material already known for its unique behavior is found to carry current in...
Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have discovered a behavior in materials called cuprates that suggests they carry current...
Nanotube ‘rebar’ makes graphene twice as tough
Rice University researchers have found that fracture-resistant "rebar graphene" is more than twice as tough as pristine graphene.
Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon....
Modern Flores Island pygmies show no genetic link to extinct ‘hobbits’
Two pygmy populations on the same tropical island. One went extinct tens of thousands of years ago; the other still lives there. Are they...
Widespread giant African cobra revealed to be five distinct species
Cobras are among the most widely known venomous snakes, and yet a new research paper has revealed that what was thought to be a...
