Apes’ Long-Term Social Memory Mirrors Human Ability

Summary: A new study reveals that apes possess a remarkably long-lasting social memory, comparable to humans. Researchers found that chimpanzees and bonobos can recognize former groupmates they haven’t seen for…

Photonic crystals could be exactly what Breakthrough Starshot is looking for

Learning label-specific features for decomposition-based multi-class classification

Why some California hospitals are still struggling after COVID-19

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The COVID-19 pandemic hammered California hospitals by disrupting their operations and pounding their finances. Nearly four years after the onset of the pandemic, profit margins for…

‘Teleporting’ images across a network securely using only light

A new strategy for making and manipulating higher-temperature superconductors

Graphical representation of the stacked, twisted cuprate superconductor, with accompanying data in the background. Credit: Lucy Yip, Yoshi Saito, Alex Cui, Frank Zhao Superconductors have intrigued physicists for decades. But…

Alexander Zholents recognized with 2023 Dieter Möhl Award

Newswise — Zholents was honored for his work on the theory of optical stochastic cooling. Alexander Zholents, a senior physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory…

Physicists create giant trilobite Rydberg molecules

New technique could make modeling molecules much easier

Teaching positive psychology skills at school may be one way to help student mental health and happiness

Youth mental health has worsened significantly over the past decade, but new interventions that teach positive psychology concepts in school may help. American young people are reporting historically high levels…