Summary: A new study identifies humor, charm, and courage as crucial traits for successful politicians. Researchers found that aspiring politicians embark on challenging careers driven by a mix of ambition,…
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A new approach to realize quantum mechanical squeezing
Schematic of nonclassical mechanical states from a resonator–qubit combination. A transmon qubit couples capacitively to acoustic mechanical modes of a separate sapphire slab, one of which is represented as a…
NASA astronauts spend unexpected July 4 on the International Space Station
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station—but it was hardly a patriotic display of engineering prowess.…
Bring Your Own AI to Work Creates a Field Day for Cyberattackers
Security risk management software firm Panorays shed new light on the worsening network security problems workers cause. This internal threat occurs when employees use their organization’s network to experiment with…
A first physical system to learn nonlinear tasks without a traditional computer processor
Sam Dillavou, a postdoc in the Durian Research Group in the School of Arts & Sciences, built the components of this contrastive local learning network, an analog system that is…
Scientists create first mouse model with complete, functional human immune system
Left, malar rash in a (huNSGW41-derived) Lupus THX mouse (three weeks after pristane injection). Middle, serum antinuclear IgGs (scale bar, 20 μm) and kidney immunopathology (H&E and anti-huIgG immunofluorescence; scale bar,…
Caltech’s Submillimeter Observatory Has Been Removed from Maunakea
The final components of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO), including its foundation, silver geodesic dome, and on-site buildings, have been removed from a valley atop Maunakea in Hawai‘i, and the land at…
Novel treatment improves embryo implantation and live birth rates in infertile women undergoing IVF and ICSI
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has demonstrated the effectiveness of a first-in-class oral, non-hormonal drug in increasing embryo implantation, pregnancy and live birth rates among infertile women who are…
