Qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers, can be made from many different technologies. One way to make a qubit is to trap a single neutral atom in place using a focused laser, a technique th… [+4515 chars]
In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to Earth , sitting a mere 1,000 light-years away (that's less than 1% of th… [+3351 chars]
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has demonstrated that slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalc… [+3495 chars]
Neutron stars release powerful warm winds after chowing down on their stellar companions, new research shows. Neutron stars are the remains of more massive stars that reached the end of their liv… [+3036 chars]
The International Space Station (ISS) has helped expand our knowledge of the universe, fostered the birth of the space industry, and led the international community's scientific collaboration. "The … [+2181 chars]
The European tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipennis, is one of the pests that is extremely difficult to control in greenhouse horticulture. Much damage has been reported in chrysanthemums in recent … [+5748 chars]
Science is all about refinement. Take Pluto, for example: First a planet, then a dwarf planet, then avenged with a new ninth planet... then potentially one of, like, 150 planets in our solar system? … [+2157 chars]
A huge asteroid will safely fly by Earth today (March 3), and you can watch it live online. The Virtual Telescope Project is planning to stream live telescope views of the asteroid 138971 (2001 CB2… [+2890 chars]
Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun-like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used … [+5353 chars]
Using a new method of studying dinosaur tracks, a pair of researchers at Liverpool John Moores University has found that sauropods walked with a gait unlike any creature alive today. In their paper p… [+2391 chars]
Fossils have led researchers to a previously unknown species of armoured dinosaur that lived 168 million years ago, and it's unlike anything they've ever seen before. The ancient fossil belongs to a… [+4922 chars]
Enlarge/ This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached. 67 with 35 posters participating We know the oldest human cultures only from their most durable parts: mostly stone tools… [+3494 chars]
