Researchers Demonstrate the Missing Link for Ultra-Secure Quantum Internet
Towards an Unhackable Quantum Internet with Harvard and MIT A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and…
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Unusual Bacterial Enzyme Discovered That Could Become a New Target for Antibiotics
Scientists discover the structure of an enzyme, found in the human gut, that breaks down a component of collagen. MIT and Harvard University chemists have…
Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole Caught by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
University students and researchers working on a NASA mission orbiting a near-Earth asteroid have made an unexpected detection of a phenomenon 30 thousand light-years away….
Unraveling Turbulence: How Fluids Transform From Order to Disorder
Turbulence is everywhere — it rattles our planes and makes tiny whirlpools in our bathtubs — but it is one of the least understood phenomena…
Cervical Cancer Could Be Eliminated in the US Within Two Decades
Scaling up cervical cancer screening coverage in the U.S. to 90% could expedite elimination of the disease and avert more than 1,000 additional cases per…
Researchers Create ‘Intelligent’ Interaction Between Light and Material – New Form of Computing
McMaster and Harvard University researchers create ‘intelligent’ interaction between light and material, establishing a promising new platform for computing. A collaboration between McMaster and Harvard…
Life’s Frankenstein Beginnings: Surprising Discoveries About First Building Blocks of Life on Earth
New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thought. When the Earth was born, it was…
How Stress Causes Gray Hair: Harvard Scientists Solve a Biological Puzzle
Harvard Scientists Uncover Link Between the Nervous System and Stem Cells That Regenerate Pigment When Marie Antoinette was captured during the French Revolution, her hair…
Massive Wave of Stellar Nurseries Revealed by New Map of Milky Way – “No Astronomer Expected”
Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous…
A Playground for Exotic Physics, A Platform for Stable Quantum Computing
Recent research settles a long-standing debate. Move over Godzilla vs. King Kong — this is the crossover event you’ve been waiting for. Well, at least…
New Method Developed to Detect Light in the Brain
Lighting the Way: A new method to detect light in the brain sets the stage for next-gen optical brain devices. Researchers from the Italian Institute…
Freezing Chemical Reactions to Investigate the Quantum Realm
With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction. The coldest chemical reaction in the known universe took…
Five Year Harvard Study: Music Is Universal
Study establishes how some songs sound ‘right’ in different social contexts, all over the world. Nearly 200 years ago, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow asserted “Music is…
Terahertz Laser Paves the Way for Better Sensing, Imaging and Communications
New terahertz frequency laser opens up large, underused region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The terahertz frequency range — which sits in the middle of the…
Perfectly Raw or Cooked to Perfection? How Food Preparation Affects the Microbiome
The gut microbiome undergoes rapid and dramatic changes in species composition and gene expression when the host switches between eating cooked or raw vegetables, according…
Renewable Energy Can Help Fight Climate Change – Here’s Where to Install It for Maximum Benefits
Models offer guidance for state and national policymakers designing climate action plans. A new Harvard study shows that to achieve the biggest improvements in public…
Jumping Spiders Inspire Incredible Compact Depth Sensor
For all our technological advances, nothing beats evolution when it comes to research and development. Take jumping spiders. These small arachnids have impressive depth perception…
Oscillating Genetic Circuit: A Reliable Clock for Your Microbiome
Genetic oscillator records changes in microbiome growth patterns in vivo. For all the attention the human microbiome has been getting over the last few years,…