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Generation of light in a photon-number quantum superposition
Physicists at C2N have demonstrated for the first time the direct generation of light in a state that is simultaneously a single photon, two...
Is it autism? The line is getting increasingly blurry
Around the world, the number of people diagnosed with autism is rising. In the United States, the prevalence of the disorder has grown from...
Wearable sensors detect what’s in your sweat
Needle pricks not your thing? A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what's...
How E. coli knows how to cause the worst possible infection
A pair of University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have revealed how E. coli seeks out the most oxygen-free crevices of your colon to cause...
Studying quantum phenomena in magnetic systems to understand exotic states of matter
Besides solids, liquids and gases, more exotic states of matter can be generated in specific materials under special conditions. Such states are of great...
Researchers explain slow-moving earthquakes known as ‘slow slip events’
The Earth's subsurface is an extremely active place, where the movements and friction of plates deep underground shape our landscape and govern the intensity...
Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water
For centuries, miners have burrowed into the earth in search of salt—laid down in thick layers from ancient oceans long since evaporated. When scientists...
Quantum gravity’s tangled time
The theories of quantum mechanics and gravity are notorious for being incompatible, despite the efforts of scores of physicists over the past fifty years....
Researchers developing natural pesticide alternative to target pests without harming honeybees
A natural, sustainable alternative to pesticides that targets specific pests, without harming beneficial pollinators such as honeybees, is being developed with the help of...
20-million-year-old skull suggests complex brain evolution in monkeys, apes
It has long been thought that the brain size of anthropoid primates—a diverse group of modern and extinct monkeys, humans, and their nearest kin—progressively...
Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure
A research team led by the University of California San Diego has discovered the root cause of why lithium metal batteries fail—bits of lithium...
