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Conventional optical imaging systems today largely limit themselves to the measurement of light intensity, providing two-dimensional renderings of three-dimensional scenes and ignoring significant amounts of additional i...

Discovering Majorana's was only the first step, but utilizing it as a quantum bit (qubit) still remains a major challenge. An important step towards this goal has just been taken, as shown by researchers from TU Delft in...

Why do some discoveries fade into obscurity while others blaze a new trail the moment they are published? More mysteriously, why do some research papers remain dormant for years and then suddenly explode with great impac...

You've probably heard we carry the equivalent of a 1980s supercomputer around in our pockets. It's a pretty amazing thing to consider. And, as it turns out, it's already outdated....

Scientists at the University of York's Centre for Quantum Technology have made an important step in establishing scalable and secure high rate quantum networks.

Ragweed pollen is the bane of many lives in the US, and climate change could help the plant become much more common in Europe by 2050

In recent years, the physical damage done by pressure waves - such as traumatic brain injuries from explosives sustained by military personnel in the Middle East - has become an increasingly urgent public concern.

(Phys.org)--A team of researchers working in Japan has demonstrated that it is possible to conduct a spin current through a short segment of germanium at room temperature. In their paper published in the journal Physical...

Playing shoot 'em ups has a surprising benefit - it can train your brain to sharpen your vision (full text available to subscribers)

For people with diabetes, switching to a plant-based diet may ease nerve pain associated, according to a new study.

A link between high elevation and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) suggests that low oxygen levels might play a role in the development of SIDS.

With the science nearly upon us, a new book highlights the ethical and logistical issues of bringing back proxies of extinct animals such as the woolly mammoth

The popular belief that dyslexia is caused by sight problems has been blown out of the water by a study of 6000 school children. So what does cause it?

(Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore ) Research led by a Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore scientist has proved that certain special fats found in blood are essential for human brain growth and function.

(Carnegie Institution) You know the old saying: Location, location, location? It turns out that it applies to the Amazon rainforest, too. New work from Carnegie's Greg Asner illustrates a hidden tapestry of chemical vari...

(Université de Genève) Madagascar is home to extraordinary biodiversity, but in the past few decades, the island's forests and associated biodiversity have been under greater attack than ever. Rapid deforestation is af...

(RIKEN) Polymer solar cells are a hot area of research due to both their strong future potential and the significant challenges they pose. It is believed that thanks to lower production costs, they could become a viable ...