On Feb. 26, 2025, Texas health officials announced the death of a child in a measles outbreak – the first measles death in the United States since 2015. The outbreak…
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As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining, particularly for children and 65+ adults
In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations for the first time since the beginning…
Inspired by Maxwell’s demon, heat flow acts as a witness to quantum properties
The heat-based witness setup for detecting quantum entanglement. Credit: Dr. Alexssandre de Oliveira Junior. In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists have discovered a novel approach to…
A new approach to reduce decoherence in superconducting qudit-based quantum processors
Credit: Tripathi et al. Quantum computers, which operate leveraging quantum mechanics effects, could soon outperform traditional computers in some advanced optimization and simulation tasks. Most quantum computing systems developed so…
Why the northern lights seem more frequent than ever — from solar science to smartphone snapshots
Why did the world suddenly become obsessed with the northern lights? It seems like not a week goes by without news of solar flares and, very often, a forecast for…
Apple accused of greenwashing in US lawsuit
A freshly filed lawsuit contends that two forest projects Apple cites to claim it is offsetting carbon emmissions would be growing just the same regardless of the tech firm’s involvement.…
What was agreed at biodiversity COP16.2 in Rome?
In a late night session in Rome, the COP16 biodiversity talks – which resumed this week after failing to reach consensus last year – adopted a finance roadmap that will…
Parents rush to vaccinate children after measles outbreak hits Texas
Illustration of the virus which causes measles. Credit: CDC/ Allison M. Maiuri, MPH, CHES Five-year-old Shado is one of dozens of children being rushed to a health center in the…
Viewpoint: ‘Only in California could coffee both cause and prevent cancer’
The following is neither satire nor fiction. California’s insane Proposition 65 list contains a number of so-called carcinogens found in coffee. Yet, multiple epidemiological studies conclude that moderate coffee consumption decreases…
