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Phys.org / New photonic platform offers a four-lane highway for light
Topological photonics can force propagating light to travel in a single direction—allowing researchers to route optical signals around corners and past defects without any of it scattering backward. So far, however, this ...
Tech Xplore / New tool can help utilities prepare for extreme weather
A model developed by Washington State University researchers can help utilities better prepare and plan for extreme weather to limit power outages.
Medical Xpress / The mystery of weak teeth in Australian kids just got a little clearer
Somewhere in Australia, a child is wobbling a baby tooth loose as an adult tooth pushes up behind it. For one in seven Aussie kids, that new tooth arrives already weak, marked with a creamy white or brownish patch in the ...
Phys.org / Pacific cloud brightening could weaken El Nino, but models reveal risks for Europe and Asia
A brewing "super" El Nino cycle is poised to unleash heat waves, floods and drought worldwide, with the effects amplified by long-term human-caused climate change.
Medical Xpress / Blood test predicts immunotherapy benefit early among patients with advanced lung cancer
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy determined that liquid biopsy—a blood test that detects circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)—can predict, within a ...
Tech Xplore / A real-time warning system for fake videoconferences
Videoconferencing facilitates communication between different locations while still allowing people to look each other in the eye. However, increasingly, we have to question whether the other person's eyes are real. This ...
Phys.org / AI use mirrors student schedules in study of 77,000 online learners
How do students actually use AI learning assistants? A new research paper by IU International University of Applied Sciences provides the first robust answers to this question. For the study "Using AI-based Learning Assistants ...
Phys.org / Less-explored form of quantum code could be more powerful—and more stable—than its alternative in error correction
In mathematics and getting dressed, some processes are commutative, while others are noncommutative. Commutative means the order doesn't matter (3 + 2 is the same as 2 + 3, and it doesn't matter which sock goes on first). ...
Phys.org / 'What's in it for me?' People more likely to help the environment when it benefits them
People might be more inclined to keep their community clean if they believe it benefits them personally, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in Environment and Behavior. The study found that ...
Phys.org / AI translators are getting more fluent—but communication is never just a matter of words
Speak into a phone and an app can render your words in another language in seconds. AI-powered speech translation can be fast, convenient and fluent. But fluency does not guarantee that people will understand one another.
Phys.org / Pine bark and sponge compounds could counter drug-resistant malaria and babesiosis
As parasites become increasingly resistant to existing drugs, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, are working to develop a new generation of treatments for two serious infectious diseases: malaria and ...
Medical Xpress / New imaging technique reveals how scar tissue disrupts the heartbeat
When a heart attack damages the heart, the injured muscle is replaced by scar tissue. That scar can interfere with the electrical signals that coordinate each heartbeat, increasing the risk of dangerous rhythm disorders known ...
