science
Holes in the head
Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, most of us would cringe at...
Silicon provides means to control quantum bits for faster algorithms
Quantum bits are now easier to manipulate for devices in quantum computing, thanks to enhanced spin-orbit interaction in silicon.
A silicon quantum computer chip has...
Electrons take one step forward without two steps back
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have, for the first time, successfully used electric dipoles to completely suppress electron transfer in one direction...
Scientists find ordered magnetic patterns in disordered magnetic material
A team of scientists working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has confirmed a special property known as "chirality—which...
In desert trials, next-generation water harvester delivers fresh water from air
Last October, a University of California, Berkeley, team headed down to the Arizona desert, plopped their newest prototype water harvester into the backyard of...
Magnetic fields could hold the key to star formation
Astronomers have discovered new magnetic fields in space, which could shed light on how stars are formed and uncover the mysteries behind one of...
Scientists go deep to quantify perovskite properties
Scientists led by Rice University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered electronic properties in quantum-scale devices that are likely to impact the growing...
The cartography of the nucleus
Nestled deep in each of your cells is what seems like a magic trick: Six feet of DNA is packaged into a tiny space...
Gene editing just got easier
An international team of researchers has made CRISPR technology more accessible and standardized by simplifying its complex implementation. The simpler, faster CRISPR, which is...
Is there an end to the periodic table? MSU professor explores...
As the 150th anniversary of the formulation of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements looms, a Michigan State University professor probes the table's limits...
Research finds tipping point for large-scale social change
When organizations turn a blind eye to sexual harassment in the workplace, how many people need to take a stand before the behavior is...
