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Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask while out in public has become the recommended practice. However, many still question the effectiveness of...
The mathematical magic of bending grids
An amazing construction method for curved structures was developed at TU Wien (Vienna): With a flick of the wrist, flat grids become a 3-D...
Storing information in antiferromagnetic materials
Researchers at Mainz University have shown that information can be stored in antiferromagnetic materials and to measure the efficiency of the writing operation
People store...
Galactic bar paradox resolved in cosmic dance
New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of our galaxy. The new work offers a potential...
New imaging technique helps resolve nanodomains, chemical composition in cell membranes
For those not involved in chemistry or biology, picturing a cell likely brings to mind several discrete, blob-shaped objects; maybe the nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes...
50 new planets confirmed in machine learning first
Fifty potential planets have been confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by University of Warwick scientists.
For the first time, astronomers have used...
Researchers develop flat lens a thousand times thinner than a human hair
A lens that is a thousand times thinner than a human hair has been developed in Brazil by researchers at the University of São...
Fuel cells for hydrogen vehicles are becoming longer lasting
Roughly 1 billion cars and trucks zoom about the world's roadways. Only a few run on hydrogen. This could change after a breakthrough achieved...
Neural networks show potential for identifying gamma rays detected by the Cherenkov telescope array
With the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that is currently under construction, researchers hope to observe highly energetic gamma rays that could lead to the...
Ozone across northern hemisphere increased over past 20 years
In a first-ever study using ozone data collected by commercial aircraft, researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the...
Quantum computers do the (instantaneous) twist
Regardless of what makes up the innards of a quantum computer, its speedy calculations all boil down to sequences of simple instructions applied to...
