First Science Results from FRIB Published

The Science A multi-institutional team of nuclear science researchers has published the results of the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The experiment studied the decay…

People Who Think Positively About Aging Are More Likely to Recover Memory

Summary: Older people with mild cognitive impairment who have positive beliefs about aging are 30% more likely to regain normal cognitive function than those who are more pessimistic. Source; Yale…

Listening to Music During Pregnancy Benefits Baby Brain’s Ability to Encode Speech Sounds

Summary: Exposure to music or the sound of the mother singing while in the womb was associated with better neural encoding of speech sounds in infants. Source: University of Barcelona…

The Brain’s Support Cells May Play a Key Role in OCD

Summary: A newly discovered cellular mechanism that involves astrocytes, as well as neurons, appears to be involved in repetitive behaviors and OCD. Source: UCLA A type of cell usually characterized…

How Creativity Is Possible Despite Frustration

Summary: People can unlock their creative potential and enhance their creativity by embracing frustration and using it as a tool to inspire new methods and ideas. Source: Jacobs University In…

Physicists take step toward fault-tolerant quantum computing

A new way to share secret information, using quantum mechanics

Experimental implementation of the continuous variable system for all-optical quantum state sharing. Credit: Yingxuan Chen, East China Normal University Quantum information is a powerful technology for increasing the amount of…

Evidence of prehistoric glue used 20,000-years-ago during the Palaeolithic period |

Researchers from UNED and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have found evidence of adhesives being used to fasten lithic hunting heads to arrow shafts approximately 20,000-years-ago. In a paper,…

Newfound bat skeletons are the oldest on record

Two fossilized bat skeletons unearthed in western Wyoming represent a new species and are the oldest set of bat bones yet discovered, researchers say. The incredibly complete fossils of Icaronycteris…

Researchers reveal quantum interference in inter-layer Coulomb drag

Schematics for intra-layer and inter-layer quantum interference. Credit: Zhu Lijun et al. A team led by Prof. Zeng Changgan and Associate Researcher Li Lin from the University of Science and…