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New paradigm for 'auto-tuning' quantum bits could overcome major engineering hurdle
A high-end race car engine needs all its components tuned and working together precisely to deliver top-quality performance. The same can be said about the processor inside a quantum computer,...
Textile-fiber-embedded multiluminescent device for future wearable devices
Dr. Soon Moon Jeong's research team in the Division of Energy Technology at DGIST has developed a new structure of luminescence technology. This will enable the production of light-emitting elements...
Nanocrystals will help detect methanol and other alcohols
Skoltech scientists have developed highly sensitive sensors based on cobalt oxide nanoflakes which are capable of detecting various alcohols in the air. The new sensors can be used for both...
Quantum-entangled light from a vibrating membrane
Entanglement, a powerful form of correlation among quantum systems, is an important resource for quantum computing. Researchers from the Quantum Optomechanics group at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,...
Listen: Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Keith Urban sing 'Be a Light'
Thomas Rhett released "Be a Light," a new song featuring Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Hillary Scott and Chris Tomlin, on his 30th birthday.
Extreme high-frequency signals enable terabits-per-second data links
Using the same technology that allows high-frequency signals to travel on regular phone lines, researchers tested sending extremely high-frequency, 200 GHz signals through a pair of copper wires. The result...
On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products
If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs, that are too expensive to ship...
How Nova Scotia's COVID-19 lab more than tripled its testing capacity
Nova Scotia's COVID-19 testing lab has increased its 24-hour capacity from 200-250 tests to 800 tests, and there's more room for growth.
Success in synthesizing black phosphorus with a safe and high-yielding method toward artificial photosynthesis
A joint research group at Osaka City University and Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. have succeeded to synthesize black phosphorus with one-pot solvothermal reaction with red phosphorus in ethylenediamine used...
Superfuids may merge via corkscrew mechanism
Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have made a discovery in fluid dynamics that is truly worth uncorking a bottle of fine wine.
A new search for axiom dark matter rules out past numerical predictions
The ADMX collaboration, a group of researchers working at universities across the U.S. and Europe, has recently performed a new search for invisible axion dark matter using a cavity haloscope...
Watch: WWE's Roman Reigns confirms he dropped out of WrestleMania 36
WWE superstar Roman Reigns confirmed on Instagram he has dropped out of WrestleMania 36.
Surfing the waves: Electrons break law to go with the flow
If you see people walking down a street and coming to a junction, it's difficult to predict which direction they might take. But, if you see people sitting in separate...
Stratolaunch to launch hypersonic vehicles from world's biggest airplane
Stratolaunch has found another use for the biggest airplane ever built.
U.S. again renews sanctions waivers for Iran nuclear work
The Trump administration has renewed a group of sanctions waivers to allow U.S. and foreign companies to do business with Iran's nuclear program for another 60 days.
Mystery solved: The origin of the colors in the first color photographs
A palette of colors on a silver plate: That is what the world's first color photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1848. His process...
New explanation for sudden collapses of heat in plasmas can help create fusion energy on Earth
Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal with sawtooth instabilities—up-and-down swings in the central pressure and temperature of the plasma that...
A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors
In a new paper, Thomas Russell and postdoctoral fellow Ganhua Xie, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, report that they have used capillary forces to...
Physicists weigh in on the origin of heavy elements
A long-held mystery in the field of nuclear physics is why the universe is composed of the specific materials we see around us. In other words, why is it made...
Famous birthdays for March 31: Kate Micucci, Christopher Walken
Actor Kate Micucci turns 40 and actor Christopher Walken turns 77, among the famous birthdays for March 31.
Its top players make millions. Will this finally be esports moment?
It's all that we have right now. With sports shut down across the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic, esports generates new players and fans.
Weighing in on the origin of heavy elements
Nuclear physicists conducted a physics experiment that utilizes novel techniques to study the nature and origin of heavy elements in the universe.
Tiny optical cavity could make quantum networks possible
Engineers have shown that atoms in optical cavities could be foundational to the creation of a quantum internet.
Tiny optical cavity could make quantum networks possible
Engineers at Caltech have shown that atoms in optical cavities—tiny boxes for light—could be foundational to the creation of a quantum internet. Their work was published on March 30 by...
They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents
Some L.A. staging and event-production firms have, in a matter of days, remade their companies to build a first line of defense against the coronavirus.
Production of NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet continues amid coronavirus outbreak
Work continues on NASA's new supersonic X-plane, the X-59 test vehicle, despite closures and delays in the space industry caused by the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the...
Column: Trump blocks coronavirus bailout oversight even before it can start
Trump says he won't cooperate with bailout oversight, so what is he hiding?
Lights that are sure to make your home feel cozy
Add a bit of twinkle to your life. (Wyatt Ryan via Unsplash/)Creating an environment that feels warm and cozy helps you feel calm and content at home, and the effect is easier...