For many people, pets provide unconditional love, companionship and a sense of security. But not all human-pet relationships are beneficial, and some may contribute to stress and anxiety rather than…
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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…
Critical illness is more common than expected in African hospitals, but low-cost treatments offer hope
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One in eight patients in hospitals in Africa is critically ill, and one in five of the critically ill die within a week, according to a…
Designing a satellite to hunt small space debris
This image, with Earth’s north polar region at center, shows satellites (orange dots) and space debris (pink dots) in orbit through the ionosphere on July 22, 2024. Ionosphere model data…
