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…
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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?
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Parents rush to vaccinate children after measles outbreak hits Texas
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Viewpoint: ‘Only in California could coffee both cause and prevent cancer’
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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…
New insights into Inca pilgrimages to volcanic peaks
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Methane’s collision with gold surfaces reveals how quantum interference and symmetry dictate molecular behavior
The interior of the vacuum chamber during a scattering experiment. The detector is shown in gray (top right) and the Au(111) gold surface is shown in yellow. The lines indicate…
