Phonon engineering in Yb:La2CaB10O19 crystal for extended lasing beyond the fluorescence spectrum

Newswise — Electron and phonon are two fundamental particles (quasi-particles) of condensed matter and their interplay in single crystals can create many interesting physical phenomena, such as polariton, charge density…

HP, Qualcomm Aim To Prove the Best Defense Is a Great Offense

HP and Qualcomm, like much of the tech industry, currently find themselves in the doldrums for distinct reasons. HP, a stalwart in the PC and printer market, has continued to…

A Hebbian memory that achieves human-like results on sequential processing tasks

Figure summarizing the ‘remind’ process. Credit: Sangjun Park & JinYeong Bak. Transformers are machine learning models designed to uncover and track patterns in sequential data, such as text sequences. In…

Red meat consumption associated with increased type 2 diabetes risk

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who eat just two servings of red meat per week may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to people who eat…

Clouds of Tiny Quartz Crystals Fill Skies of Searing-hot Exoplanet

This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-17 b could look like. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Quartz, also known as silica, exists everywhere: in beach sands,…

How octopi can edit their own RNA to rapidly respond to environmental changes

New study sheds light on long term effectiveness and safety of two widely used statins

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two widely used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, are equally effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes and death in people with coronary artery disease. But while rosuvastatin…

Munich was densely populated during the Iron Age |

In a press announcement issued by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, archaeologists have uncovered evidence indicating that Munich, located in Bavaria, Germany, was densely populated during the Iron…

Big federal dollars for small state projects aim to get more cars off the roads

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A 60-mile pedestrian and cycling trail in Arkansas, an electric street sweeper in Oregon and truck parking facilities in Florida don’t appear to have much in…

New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies

NGC 520 is one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the Siena Galaxy Atlas. It is made of two disk galaxies that will eventually merge together to form one…