QSA All Personnel Meeting 2024. Credit: Berkeley Lab Before quantum computers can solve complex problems, researchers must develop technologies that manage larger numbers of qubits (the building blocks of quantum…
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Scientists develop eco-friendly glove coating using lignin and 3D printing
Printed textile with a lignin coating for use in gloves. Credit: DITF Protective gloves, such as those used for work, sport or household gardening, retrieve their protective function from a…
Telegram chief Durov announces ‘new features’ to combat illicit content
Founder and chief executive Pavel Durov lashed out at claims that ‘Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise’ Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov on Friday announced a range…
Ghastly finds at gallows execution site
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt are currently excavating the site of a former gallows in Quedlinburg, Germany. Gallows are usually wooden structures made…
Hubble examines spiral galaxy IC 4709
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy IC 4709. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Koss, A, Barth This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral…
Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves
Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can…
Researchers create a one-dimensional gas out of light
The polymers applied to the reflective surface trap the photon gas in a parabola of light. The narrower this parabola is, the more one-dimensionally the gas behaves. Credit: IAP/Uni Bonn…
Environment and Hippocampal Size Impact Depression in Youth
Summary: Challenging social environments and the size of the left hippocampus in children aged 9-11 contribute to an increased risk of depression. Researchers found that children with larger hippocampal volumes…
Share of COP29 badges for Global South NGOs upsets rich countries
The UNFCCC has changed quota allocations for observers in a bid to address imbalance in regional representation The UN climate change body said this week it is giving a larger…
