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Tiny granules can help bring clean and abundant fusion power to Earth
Beryllium, a hard, silvery metal long used in X-ray machines and spacecraft, is finding a new role in the quest to bring the power...
Researchers identify the origins of metabolism
A Rutgers-led study sheds light on one of the most enduring mysteries of science: How did metabolism—the process by which life powers itself by...
World’s smallest MRI performed on single atoms
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at Ewha Womans University have made a major scientific...
Getting more heat out of sunlight
A newly developed material that is so perfectly transparent you can barely see it could unlock many new uses for solar heat. It generates...
Physicist finds loose thread of string theory puzzle
A University of Colorado Boulder physicist is one step closer to solving a string theory puzzle 20 years in the making.
Paul Romatschke, an associate...
Generation and sampling of quantum states of light in a silicon chip
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have found a promising new way to build the next generation of...
Altitude record for porcini mushrooms
ETH researchers have discovered Boletus edulis (porcini mushrooms) growing at an elevation of over 2,400 metres in the Lower Engadine—the highest altitude ever recorded for these...
Scientists weigh the balance of matter in galaxy clusters
A method of weighing the quantities of matter in galaxy clusters—the largest objects in our universe—has shown a balance between the amounts of hot...
Multi-year drought caused massive forest die-off in Sierra Nevada
The most extreme drought event in hundreds of years caused a catastrophic die-off of the Sierra Nevada's mature trees in 2015-2016.
A study published today...
Bonobo diet of aquatic greens may hold clues to human evolution
Observations of bonobos in the Congo basin foraging in swamps for aquatic herbs rich in iodine, a critical nutrient for brain development and higher...
Physicists use light waves to accelerate supercurrents, enable ultrafast quantum computing
Jigang Wang patiently explained his latest discovery in quantum control that could lead to superfast computing based on quantum mechanics: He mentioned light-induced superconductivity...
