Bigger and better quantum computers are possible with new ion trap dubbed the Enchilada

Sandia National Laboratories has produced its first lot of a new world-class ion trap, a central…

Research team demonstrates a new 'primary standard' for measuring ultralow pressures

A vacuum chamber is never perfectly empty. A small number of atoms or molecules always remain,…

Microplastics found embedded in tissues of whales and dolphins

Microscopic plastic particles have been found in the fats and lungs of two-thirds of the marine…

Bioengineered tool unmasks cancer cells

Cancer cells can evade the body’s immune defenses by exploiting a normally helpful and ubiquitous group…

Biologists find what colors a butterfly's world

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don’t all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon…

Researchers seek to determine climate drivers of early human interbreeding

A new study published in the journal Science by an international team finds that past changes…

The positional transmitter of statoliths unveiled: It keeps plants from getting lazy

Plants orient their organs in response to the gravity vector, with roots growing towards gravity and…

Researchers engineer bacteria that can detect tumor DNA

Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California…

How a massive North Atlantic cooling event disrupted early human occupation in Europe

A new study published in the journal Science finds that around 1.12 million years ago a…

Mechanism underlying bacterial resistance to the antibiotic albicidin revealed

A new analysis shows that infectious bacteria exposed to the antibiotic albicidin rapidly develop up to…