Cancer Cells Turned Into Logic Gates To Unravel the Secret of Their Movement
Cancer cells migrate through the body for multiple reasons; some are simply following the flow of a fluid, while others are actively following specific chemical…
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Beyond the Mythical “Average” Cell – A New Framework for Understanding Bacteria
Molecular biologists aim to understand the actual events within individual living cells, not just the behavior of the mythical “average” cell. No one aspires to…
Transistors Repurposed As Microchip “Clock” To Address Security Concerns and Supply Chain Weakness
Microchip fab plants in the United States can cram billions of data processing transistors onto a tiny silicon chip, but a critical device, in essence,…
Scientists Obtain First-Ever Sound Recording of Dust Devils on Mars
Scientists have made history by recording the first audio of an extraterrestrial whirlwind on Mars, thanks to the microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover. The study,…
New Measurements Provide a Glimpse of the Quantum Future
A multi-institutional team has created an efficient method for measuring high-dimensional qudits encoded in quantum frequency combs, a kind of photon source, on a single…
Mass Extinctions May Have Been Driven by the Evolution of Tree Roots
Geologists find parallels between ancient, global-scale extinction events and modern threats to Earth’s oceans. A series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth’s oceans during…
The Fountain of Life: Scientists Uncover the “Chemistry Behind the Origin of Life”
Water Droplets Hold the Secret Ingredient for Building Life Chemists uncover key to early Earth chemistry, which could unlock paths to speed up chemical synthesis…
Scientists Open New Frontier in Quantum Science and Technology
2D array of electron and nuclear spin qubits opens a new frontier in quantum science. Researchers have opened a new frontier in quantum science and…
Salt Might Be the Key to Extraterrestrial Life
New research suggests that salt might be critical to life on Earth and beyond. The composition of the atmosphere, particularly the abundance of greenhouse gases,…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover: Laser Marking on Mars
If your name begins with “L” you will especially enjoy this story about the first letter to be laser engraved on Mars. Every once in…
Physics Mystery Solved: Findings Could “Revolutionize” Our Understanding of Distance
A physics puzzle is resolved through a new duality. According to traditional thinking, distorting a flat space by bending it or stretching it is necessary…
Computer Chips That Imitate the Brain
A new microelectronics device can program and reprogram computer hardware on demand by using electrical pulses What if a computer could learn to rewire its…
Human Ancestor Fossils in the “Cradle of Humankind” May Be More Than a Million Years Older Than Thought
The earth doesn’t give up its ancient secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils…
Doomed To Collide: Astronomers Announce Discovery of Supermassive Binary Black Holes
A team of researchers from Purdue University and other institutions has discovered a supermassive black hole binary system, one of only two known such systems….
Quantum Internet Breakthrough – Bell State Analyzer Presents Giant Leap Toward Fully Quantum Internet
Scientists’ increasing mastery of quantum mechanics is heralding a new age of innovation. Technologies that harness the power of nature’s most minute scale show enormous…
New and Improved Cherry Flavor Thanks to the Petunia Flower
That cherry flavor you enjoy in candy and soda is likely a combination of aromatic and flavor compounds discovered through the study of plants in…
A River Runs Through It: NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Onward to the Delta
The delta is calling and we must go! With one Earth year in its rearview mirror, the Perseverance rover has been racking up the odometry…
Plant Scientists Find Recipe for Anti-Cancer Compound in Herbs Like Thyme and Oregano
Thyme and oregano possess an anti-cancer compound that suppresses tumor development, but adding more to your tomato sauce isn’t enough to gain significant benefit. The…
