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Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers
The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology -- optical fiber.
Physicists at the National Institute...
Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes
A new study is the first to identify how human brains grow much larger, with three times as many neurons, compared with chimpanzee and...
One degree of global warming causes a 50% increase in population...
A new study shows that if the population were fixed at current levels, the risk of population displacement due to river floods would rise...
Ignoring climate change will lead to unprecedented, societally disruptive heat extremes...
The Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) is a climate change hot spot where summers warm much faster than in the rest of...
Snappy evolution was behind the success of ancient crocodiles
New research led by the University of Bristol has revealed that crocodiles once flourished on land and in the oceans as a result of...
Sea-level rise in 20th century was fastest in 2,000 years along...
The rate of sea-level rise in the 20th century along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast was the fastest in 2,000 years, and southern...
Natural variations help resolve a climate puzzle
New research shows that naturally occurring climate variations help to explain a long-standing difference between climate models and satellite observations of global warming.
Satellite measurements...
Novel thermometer can accelerate quantum computer development
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a novel type of thermometer that can simply and quickly measure temperatures during quantum...
Mural shows earliest known record of salt being sold at a...
The first documented record of salt as an ancient Maya commodity at a marketplace is depicted in a mural painted more than 2,500 years...
Study shows water hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake...
Climate change is reaching all the way down to the depths of one of Earth's largest lakes.
Water hundreds of feet below the surface of...
Faster fusion reactor calculations thanks to machine learning
Fusion reactor technologies are well-positioned to contribute to our future power needs in a safe and sustainable manner. Numerical models can provide researchers with...













