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New technology lets quantum bits hold information for 10,000 times longer than previous record
Quantum bits, or qubits, can hold quantum information much longer now thanks to efforts by an…
Plant protein discovery could reduce need for fertilizer
Researchers have discovered how a protein in plant roots controls the uptake of minerals and water,…
Air pollution renders flower odors unattractive to moths
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and…
Japan's geologic history in question after discovery of metamorphic rock microdiamonds
A collaboration of researchers based in Kumamoto University, Japan have discovered microdiamonds in the Nishisonogi metamorphic…
A green catalyst for pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry
Many production facilities (e.g. plastic manufacturers, pharma companies, and others) use nanocatalysts that contain palladium—an expensive…
Study shows UK school textbooks teach a highly simplified version of US civil rights movement
As children return to school in the UK, they will encounter a curriculum that still pays…
New insights into the global silicon cycle
An international team of researchers has learned more about the global silicon cycle by studying ancient…
Inheritance in plants can now be controlled specifically
A new application of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors promises major progress in crop cultivation. At Karlsruhe…
Nanoearthquakes control spin centers in silicon carbide
Researchers from the Paul-Drude-Institut in Berlin, the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Dresden and the Ioffe Institute in St.…