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Quantum Materials Cut Closer Than Ever

Crystals of the material hexagonal boron nitride can be etched so that the pattern you draw at the top transforms into a smaller and razor-sharp version at the bottom. These perforations can be used as a shadow mask to draw components and circuits in graphene. This process enables a precision that is impossible with...

Light Does the Twist for Quantum Computing

The discoveries, by Nagoya College researchers and colleagues in Japan and released in the journal Advanced Materials, allude to the development of materials and device methods used in optical quantum computing data processing. Photons are light particles with fascinating properties that can be explored for the storage and transportation of data and reveal tremendous promise...

Breastmilk Produces COVID-Fighting Antibodies Instead of Spreading It

Recent research reveals evidence that nursing mothers do not transmit COVID through breastmilk. A research study conducted by scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)– in partnership with numerous other universities– implies that nursing females with COVID-19 do not transfer the SARS-CoV-2 virus with their milk. However, they do give milk-borne antibodies that...

The New Quantum Algorithm Surpasses the QPE Standard

Researchers boost their recently developed quantum algorithm, bringing it to one-tenth the computational price of Quantum Phase Estimation, and also utilize it to directly compute the vertical ionization energies of light atoms as well as molecules such as CO, O2, CN, F2, H2O, NH3 within 0.1 electron volts of accuracy. OSAKA, Japan. Quantum computers have...

Study of Neanderthal Teeth Grooves Reveals Evidence of Prehistoric Dental Care

Three views of the four articulated teeth making up KDP 20. a. occlusal view showing lingually placedmesial interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow) and buccal wear on M3; b. lingual view showing a mesiallyplaced interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow), chips from lingual faces of all teeth and rotated, partiallyimpacted M3; c. buccal view...

Research Study Shows Extensive Damage Caused by Common Teeth-Whitening Products

Credit: Getty Images Research led by scientists at the University of Toronto highlights the considerable damages that can be triggered by common teeth-whitening agents. Published just recently in Nature Scientific Reports, the study assessed the dental cell damage caused by carbamide peroxide teeth-whitening remedies. It found that a suggested application of only 10 percent carbamide peroxide gel...

Physicists Develop an Unusual ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Simply of Electrons

In 1934, Eugene Wigner, a pioneer of quantum mechanics, theorized of an odd sort of matter-- a crystal made from electrons. The idea was very straightforward, proving it had not been. With limited success, physicists tried many tricks over eighty years to nudge electrons right into forming these so-called Wigner crystals. However, in June,...

The Research Team Discovers That it Takes Some Warmth to Form Ice on Graphene

In a paper released in Nature Communications, the research study team describes the complicated physical processes working to recognize the chemistry of ice formation. The molecular-level viewpoint of this process may assist in forecasting the formation and melting of ice, from singular crystals to glaciers and ice sheets. The latter is essential to measure...

New Embryo Identification IVF Method Set to Improve Cow Milk and Meat Production

Holstein cows in the pasture. Credit: tilo/iStock A study from the University of Kent, the University of Nottingham, and L'Alliance Boviteq Inc. has created an approach of dramatically boosting in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in cattle. This advancement is bound to substantially decrease maternity problems in cows, raise general meat and milk production, and convert a channel for...

Power of Light and Oxygen Eliminates Alzheimer’s Disease Protein in Brains of Live Mice

Amyloid plaques are aggregates of misfolded proteins that form in the spaces between nerve cells. Credit: Juan Gaertner New photo-oxygenation catalyst targets amyloid structure, enlists brain immune system cells. A small, light-activated molecule lately evaluated in mice corresponds to a brand-new strategy to eliminating clumps of amyloid protein located in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients....