Physicists take new step towards realization of qubits for quantum computers

A group of physicists in Utrecht, San Sebastián and Pennsylvania have created a new artificial molecule…

Sustainable development goals only achievable through cross-disciplinary research

It is not possible to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG) if science does not contribute…

Eyeballing a black hole's mass

There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics…

Naming of new interstellar visitor: 2I/Borisov

A new object from interstellar space has been found within the solar system, only the second…

Specific immune response of beetles adapts to bacteria

The immune system fends off pathogens in a wide variety of ways. For example, the immune…

New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defense systems in bacteria

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cells…

Ocean-based actions can close gaps in climate change mitigation

Ocean-based actions have greater potential to fill in gaps in climate change mitigation than previously appreciated,…

Shoe-mounted laser to 'unfreeze' people with Parkinson's scoops €1 million prize

A shoe-mounted laser beam that helps people with Parkinson’s disease ‘unfreeze’ by shining a green line…

Race against time to finish Brazil's particle accelerator

Brazilian scientists are racing against time to finish building a particle accelerator the size of the…

Germany's climate-stressed trees face 'catastrophe' as bugs attack

Germany’s forests have long been treasured by its people, so the country has reacted with alarm…