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There's a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock based on a trapped aluminum ion. Part of the...

Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed new technology for uranium enrichment measurement and trace element detection, vital for nuclear nonproliferation and supporting the develo...

Directly connected to bone, the leg allows wearers to climb stairs, walk at a normal speed, and kick balls. The post Amputees Say Advanced Bionic Leg Feels More Like a Part of Their Body appeared first on SingularityHub.

Humans have feasted since the dawn of agriculture -- but a new find suggests the practice of bringing exotic food to a communal gathering is even older.

Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a technique to dramatically narrow the linewidth of a laser beam by a factor of over ten thousand--a discovery that could revolutionize quantum computing, atomic clocks ...

Scientists have discovered that a locally developed cancer drug, PRL3-zumab, may offer a groundbreaking treatment for two major causes of blindness: wet age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Pre-clin...

Adding fire-suppressing chemicals into batteries can prevent overheating, fires and explosions, cutting the risks for electric vehicles and portable electronics

Much like hurricanes further south, the strongest storms to pummel the US north-east are getting even stronger as sea surface temperatures rise

People with disrupted access to GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, still seem to lose substantial amounts of weight

New research shows that signs of Alzheimer's disease can already be detected in the blood of people as young as their 40s. Finnish scientists found elevated Alzheimer's-related biomarkers in middle-aged adults, especiall...

A new study reveals that close friendships can synchronize brain activity and influence decision-making, particularly in consumer behavior. Researchers found that friends evaluated products more similarly than strangers,...

New gravitational wave findings from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration report the discovery of the largest black hole merger ever. It could lead to evidence of an extremely rare type of black hole.

Quantum networking is being rapidly developed world-wide. It is a key quantum technology that will enable a global quantum internet: the ability to deploy secure communication at scale, and to connect quantum computers g...

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

Researchers have developed a new theory that explains why tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR)--used in magnetic memory and other technologies--oscillates with changes in the thickness of the insulating barrier within a magnet...

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The quantum computing revolution draws ever nearer, but the need for a computer that makes correctable errors continues to hold it back.

A few years ago, physicists were surprised to learn that stacking and subtly twisting two atomically thin layers of an electronic material like graphene creates a pattern that changes the material's properties and can ev...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter--an invisible substance believed to make up about 80% of the universe's mass and needed to explain a variety of physical phenomena. Nu...

Can you prove whether a large quantum system truly behaves according to the weird and wonderful rules of quantum mechanics--or if it just looks like it does? In a new study, physicists from Leiden, Beijing and Hangzhou f...

Photo-induced force microscopy began as a concept in the mind of Kumar Wickramasinghe when he was employed by IBM in the early years of the new millennium. After he came to the University of California, Irvine in 2006, t...