New compiler makes quantum computers two times faster

A new paper from researchers at the University of Chicago introduces a technique for compiling highly…

Unlocking a 140-year-old secret in physics

Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of today’s digital, electronic age, providing us a multitude of…

You Know It's Halloween Season When The Night Sky Glows Orange

It’s called the Hunter’s moon — the first full moon after the Harvest Moon. It will…

NASA is Accepting Applicants for its Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge

NASA is Accepting Applicants for its Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Click here for…

Nobel Peace Prize: Why is it so important?

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is named as the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. …

Badger culls have varying impacts on cattle TB

The UK government policy sees cattle TB incidence fall in two badger cull areas but rise…

A reliable clock for your microbiome

For all the attention the human microbiome has been getting over the last few years, one…

A spiral in profile

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sees galaxies of all shapes, sizes, brightnesses, and orientations in the cosmos. Sometimes, the telescope…

Better protection sought for Thailand's helmeted hornbill

Time is running out for Thailand’s dwindling population of helmeted hornbills thanks to poaching of the…

Space selfie

Selfie time! ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano shared this photo with NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina…