Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new global benchmark for the accuracy of controlling a single quantum bit, achieving the lowest-ever error rate for a quantum logic operation—just 0.000015%, or one error ...
Quantum Physics
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The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan, in collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony), has developed the world's first practical surface-emitting laser that employs ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 9, 2025
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A University of the Sunshine Coast study has found most young people charged with assaulting police had experienced childhood abuse, poverty, unstable housing and institutional failures.
Social Sciences
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Recent advances in electronics and optics have opened new possibilities for terahertz (THz) waves—an invisible type of light that falls between infrared light and microwaves on the spectrum. The use of THz scattering for ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 9, 2025
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The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and think tank within the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have released a new report, Water, Waterborne ...
Environment
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Around the world, the demand for meat is growing, despite associated environmental and animal welfare costs. Although lab-grown—or cultured—meat could be part of the answer, scientists have yet to perfect one crucial ...
Biochemistry
Jun 9, 2025
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Sexual harassment in online gaming is not an isolated phenomenon—it's part of many players' daily experience. According to the GamerVictim research project, led by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2025
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University of Connecticut professor of anthropology Dimitris Xygalatas is a scientist and self-declared rational thinker. But he's also a lifelong soccer fan, and he fully admits that when his Greek home team finally won ...
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2025
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Deep in the swamps of the American Southeast stands a quiet giant: the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). These majestic trees, with their knobby "knees" and towering trunks, are more than just swamp dwellers—they're some ...
Plants & Animals
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A new study reveals that students learn best through prediction activities, even though they don't realize it. This idea is at the center of new research published in CBE—Life Sciences Education from Elise Walck-Shannon, ...
Education
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