High brightness attosecond X-ray free electron lasers based on wavefront control

Ultrafast science has made great advances in recent years. Attosecond pulses with photon energies lying in…

Seahorse fathers give birth in a unique way, new research shows

In seahorses and pipefish, it is the male that gets pregnant and gives birth. Seahorse fathers…

New method to systematically find optimal quantum operation sequences for quantum computers

Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Keio University, Tokyo University of Science and The…

Designing a way to make oxygen injectable

What if emergency medical personnel could treat a desperately ill patient in need of oxygen with…

A bitter mystery: Scientists sequence world's oldest plant genome from 6,000-year-old watermelon seeds

In a new paper published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, scientists from the Royal…

New fur for the quantum cat: Entanglement of many atoms discovered for the first time

Be it magnets or superconductors, materials are known for their various properties. However, these properties may…

Molecular atlas of an Australian dragon's brain sheds new light on more than 300 million years of brain evolution

These days, dragons are keeping “Game of Thrones” fans on their toes. But they are also…

The first spatiotemporal map of brain regeneration in the axolotl

A multi-institute research team led by BGI-Research has used BGI Stereo-seq technology to construct the world…

New theory for detection of terahertz electromagnetic waves gives hope for advances in IT and medicine

Detecting electromagnetic waves in the terahertz frequency range remains a challenging problem. Researchers from the University…

Greenpeace drops boulders on UK seabed to curb bottom-trawling fishing

Greenpeace UK said Friday it had dropped 18 large boulders on the seabed in a marine…