Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) broke a new record by storing a qubit in a crystal for 20 milliseconds, a press statement reveals. The new record in quantum storage could help to d… [+2808 chars]
The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, new research suggests. The Cambrian Explosion, more than 500 million years ago, saw the rapid spread … [+4798 chars]
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Russia will commence work on its own Mars mission following the indefinite suspension of a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion, Interfax news age… [+5439 chars]
The Perseverance rover appears to be carrying an uninvited passenger in the form of a boulder lodged in one of its wheels. The photograph of the stone was just chosen as the Perseverance missions Ima… [+3313 chars]
A rare sight was captured in the sky above southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan overnight Tuesday. A weather camera in Brandon captured a meteor streaking across the southern Manitoba sky northwest of… [+850 chars]
Two astronauts will go on a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station Wednesday to conduct maintenance and upgrades for the orbiting laboratory. Astronauts Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias… [+3525 chars]
Our eyes may be windows on the world, but our fingertips put us in touch with it. To recreate this tactile sense, current technology relies on tiny motors and electricity. However, the bumps and buzz… [+4710 chars]
Rare-earth elements are crucial components in all kinds of electronics, from smartphones and broadband cables to wind turbines and electric cars. But coming up with useful compounds that can expand o… [+3254 chars]
Illustration of a white dwarf . Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI) White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These inters… [+3204 chars]
The Bohr model, introduced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr in 1913, was a key step on the journey to understand atoms. Ancient Greek thinkers already believed that matter was composed of tiny basic p… [+7695 chars]
Researchers have developed a new high-purity single-photon source that can operate at room temperature. The source is an important step toward practical applications of quantum technology, such as hi… [+4628 chars]
