Theoretical physicist Yashar Komijani of the University of Cincinnati worked with an international team of experimental and theoretical physicists to explore the properties of strange metals. Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Physicists are learning more about the bizarre behavior of “strange metals” that operate outside the normal rules of electricity. Theoretical physicist Yashar Komijani, an assistant professor …
As more robots and humans travel to the moon in the coming years, some scientists believe it’s time to set a lunar time standard. NASA Johnson hide caption change caption NASA Johnson As more robots and humans travel to the moon in the coming years, some scientists believe it’s time to set a lunar time …
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Enlarge / Orbiting space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Outside the ground will astound you: on almost every page it will make your jaw drop in response to mind-boggling revelations and your head nod vigorously in sudden recognition of some of your own half-realized thoughts (assuming you’re thinking about things like settling down). It …
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NASA fixes faulty spacecraft the same way you fix your clunky laptop When faced with a potential end-of-mission problem with NASA’s 15-year-old Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, engineers performed a time-honored procedure to fix it: They turned it off, then turned it back on. Success! IBEX is now fully operational again. In fact, they asked …
Analog quantum computers are a type of quantum computer that work using continuous variables, such as the amplitude and phase of a quantum wave function, to perform calculations. Physicists have created a new type of analog quantum computer capable of solving challenging physics problems that the most powerful digital supercomputers cannot solve. A ground-breaking study …
Examples of sharp-edged flakes produced unintentionally by long-tailed macaques. Credit: Proffitt et al., 2023 Research by anthropologists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has discovered that stone tool making is not unique to humans and their ancestors. Published in The progress of science, the study is based on new analyzes of stone tools …
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Morphological features that guide the preliminary identification of newly isolated viruses (negative staining, TEM). (A) The large ovoid particle (1000 nm in length) of Pandoravirus yedoma (strain Y2) showing the apex ostiole (white arrowhead) and the thick tegument characteristic of the Pandoraviridae family. (B) A mixture of Pandoravirus mammoth (strain Yana14) oblate particles and Megavirus …
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A beautiful and ghostly “butterfly” has shot forth from the sun, unfolding its ethereal, narrow wings in two expanding arcs of plasma. Astronomers discovered the unusual solar flare, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), explodes from the other side sun Friday (March 10), according to spaceweather.com. CMEs originate from sunspots, areas on the Sun’s …
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Gravitas: Scientists claim superconductor breakthroughWION What you need to know about the much-hyped new superconductor discoveryGizmodo Controversy surrounds Blockbuster superconductivity claimScientific American Scientists achieve superconducting breakthrough for next-age electrical transmissionWION Scientists Create “Reddmatter” – Game-Changing Room-Temperature SuperconductorSciTechDaily See full coverage on Google News
Monkeys in today’s Thai forests create stone artifacts that eerily resemble those made by early humans—challenging the established narrative of human cultural evolution. A new study published Friday in Science Advances suggests the possibility that a critical feature of human tool use happened by accident — potentially blurring the line between tool use by early …
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