The LHCb detector seen in 2018 during its opening. Credit: CERN Once a particle of matter, always a particle of matter. Or not. Thanks to a quirk of quantum physics,…
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Metasurface antenna could enable future 6G communications networks
DMA prototype 1. Credit: University of Glasgow A team led by researchers from the University of Glasgow has developed an innovative wireless communications antenna that combines the unique properties of…
An efficient dynamic erasure coding method for permissioned blockchain systems
The overhead of Dynamic-EC. Credit: Mizhipeng Zhang, Chentao Wu, Jie Li, Minyi Guo Research led by Minyi Guo, published in Frontiers of Computer Science, addresses the challenge of reducing storage…
New treatment could be advance against cervical precancers
Women who undergo regular Pap smears are no doubt familiar with the possibility of “precancerous” cells being detected. These cells—called cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINs)—can progress to full-blown cervical cancers, but…
New model calculations shows impact of star’s brightness and magnetic activity
Stars with low magnetic field strength exhibit a more pronounced limb darkening than those with a strong magnetic field. This affects the shape of the light curve. Credit: MPS /…
Amazon CEO touts AI in annual shareholder letter
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy went back to 2003. Quoting from a “Vision document” that year for Amazon Web Services—the company’s…
Nitazenes found in 5 overdose deaths in Philly – here’s what they are and why they’re so deadly
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office found that nitazenes, a synthetic opioid up to 40 times more powerful than fentanyl, were connected to at least five overdose deaths in Philadelphia in…
In a first, these crab spiders appear to collaborate, creating camouflage
Some crab spiders have ditched webs for flowers. Masters of disguise, female Thomisus guangxicus spiders blend in with petals, which allows the arachnids to nab insects that pass by while…
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes
If you threw a message in a bottle into a black hole, all of the information in it would become completely scrambled down to the quantum level. Because this scrambling…
Science-Based Targets’ emissions rules don’t reflect the reality
The Science Based Targets initiative ignores the good a company’s products do in avoiding planet-heating emissions – only counting those from its operations Chris Hocknell is the director of London-based…
