Physicists record ‘lifetime’ of graphene qubits

Researchers have recorded, for the first time, quantum coherence of a graphene-based superconducting qubit, meaning how…

Metamaterial with inherently robust sound transport

Researchers have developed a metamaterial that can transport sound in unusually robust ways along its edges…

Thriving on teamwork: New research shows how brain cells filter information in groups

For decades, scientists studying the visual system thought that individual brain cells, called neurons, operate as…

‘Time is ripe’ to use big data for planet-sized plant questions

Scientists have issued a 'call to action' to use big data to tackle longstanding questions about…

Early protostar already has a warped disk

Using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile, researchers have observed, for the first time,…

Unmuting large silent genes lets bacteria produce new molecules, potential drug candidates

By enticing away the repressors dampening unexpressed, silent genes in Streptomyces bacteria, researchers at the have…

Smelling in tiny houses: How ciliary electric currents keep olfaction reliable

Scientists have used a combination of mathematical modeling, electrophysiology, and computer simulations to explain how cells…

New Horizons spacecraft homing in on Kuiper Belt target

Only hours from completing a historic flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule,…

Increased risk of harm from cannabis across Europe

A significant new study shows that cannabis potency has doubled across Europe in the past 11…

The immune system’s fountain of youth

Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristics.