Researchers Develop A Universal Quantum Gate
Scientists have now developed a universal quantum gate, which could become the key component in a quantum computer. Light particles completely ignore each other. In…
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New Study Improves Our Understanding of Intercellular Communication
New research reveals how cells can pack and release active ephrins and Eph receptors through extracellular vesicles, improving our understanding of intercellular communication and paving…
New Equation Shows How Other People’s Fortunes Affect Our Happiness
A new equation shows how our happiness depends not only on what happens to us and how this compares to other people.The team developed an…
Dual-Phase Alloys Capable of High Strength and Ductility
Using a new strategy in the development of steel, scientists are able to create alloys capable of both high strength and ductility. For the steel…
New Research Shows Neanderthals Were Born with Wide Bodies and Robust Bones
Scientists investigated whether the differences in physique between Neanderthals and modern humans are genetic or caused by differences in lifestyle, finding that Neanderthals’ wide bodies…
Astronomers Reveal the Secret Life of the Orion Nebula
A team of astronomers reveal how the interplay of magnetic fields and gravitation in the gas cloud lead to the birth of new stars. Space…
New Study Details How Bacteria Become Individualists
No two bacteria are identical – even when they are genetically the same. New research reveals the conditions under which bacteria become individualists and how…
New Research May Help in the Development of Nano-Optical Transistors for a Photonic Computer
Researchers show that a single molecule allows a beam of light with a few photons to be controlled – a step towards the photonic computer….
Children of Older Mothers Are Healthier, Taller and Obtain More Education
New research shows that the benefits associated with being born in a later year outweigh the biological risks associated with being born to an older…
How Extraterrestrial Astronomers May Have a Chance of Discovering Earth
New research suggests that future searches for habitable planets and for the signals from extraterrestrial observers focus on that part of the sky in which…
Astronomers Identify the Precise Location of a Fast Radio Burst in a Distant Galaxy
An international team of astronomers used a combination of radio and optical telescopes to identify the precise location of a fast radio burst (FRB) in…
Scientists Develop a Light-Driven Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Nanosystem
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have developed a nanoplasmonic system in the form of a pair of scissors that they can…
Climate Change Threatens Boreal Coniferous Forests
New research from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry reveals that Boreal coniferous forests could see increased occurrences of fire as a result of global…
Physicists Test the Response Time of Electrons
Researchers from the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics generated for the first time visible flashes of light in attosecond dimensions. They dispatched the light-flashes to electrons…
Scientists Characterize Nerve Cells That Detect Motion by Light Changes
In a newly published study, neurobiologists from the Max Planck Institute reveal that (in fruit flies) four classes of nerve cell are involved in calculating…
Astronomers Gaze Deep Into the Heart of Active Galaxy BL Lacertae
Astronomers observe microwave radiation from the vicinity of the black hole in the active galactic nucleus known as BL Lacertae, which is 900 million light…
Biochemists Identify Another Piece of the Parkinson’s Disease Pathology Puzzle
An international team has discovered that the LRRK2 kinase regulates cellular trafficking by deactivating Rab proteins. This finding illuminates a novel route for therapeutic development…
New Study Shows Neanderthals Boosted Our Immune System
A new study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system…