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Phys.org / Getting photons into shape for reliable quantum communication

The vast majority of modern quantum technologies—from quantum cryptography to the quantum internet to the quantum computer—rely on one essential element: the transmission of photons. Two qubits (two atoms, for example) exchange ...

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Phys.org / The surprising history of woolly rhinos: They weren't always creatures of the frozen north

Woolly rhinoceroses (Coelodonta antiquitatis) were fascinating creatures: giant, lumbering Ice Age beasts with thick fur and massive horns that died out about 11,000 years ago. Previous genetic studies had left open the question ...

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Phys.org / Bizarre galactic radio source remains active for two decades with no detectable X-rays

Astronomers have identified a peculiar radio transient in the Milky Way that has remained active for more than two decades, defying the behavior expected of known classes of galactic radio sources. The paper posted to the ...

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Phys.org / How the 2024 solar superstorm drained Earth's radiation belt

In May 2024, Earth experienced its most intense geomagnetic storm since the Halloween storms of 2003. This "superstorm" filled night skies in many parts of the world with colorful aurorae, and it disrupted some infrastructure, ...

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Tech Xplore / This design software reimagines everyday objects as self-aware devices

As a child, you likely saw a few Disney movies depicting inanimate objects, such as clocks, cups and toys, as interactive companions to humans—an act of pure magic, seemingly. But scientists at MIT's Computer Science and ...

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Medical Xpress / Metabolic vulnerability identified that may affect heart development

The heart undergoes major changes during the first weeks of life. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now shown that a previously unknown metabolic vulnerability in mitochondria can disrupt heart development. The study, ...

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Medical Xpress / Engineered vesicles protect brain from bacterial toxin

Bacterial meningitis can cause severe brain damage even when patients receive antibiotic treatment promptly. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed tiny biological vesicles that, in animal studies, were able ...

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Phys.org / Ghana's local architecture has adapted to change for centuries. It can teach us about climate resilience

When people discuss architecture in Ghana, attention often focuses on modern buildings: concrete houses, glass offices, shopping malls and ambitious urban developments. Yet across the country, another architectural tradition ...

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Medical Xpress / When a tick bite no longer means a trip to the emergency room

In 2021, Nova Scotia began allowing pharmacists to prescribe preventive treatment for Lyme disease after high-risk tick bites. Researchers found that emergency department visits for tick bites dropped by roughly 50% after ...

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Medical Xpress / Common antibiotic linked to possible higher death risk

Cefepime is a fourth-generation antibiotic widely used to treat serious bacterial infections and febrile neutropenia—a fever in patients with abnormally low white blood cell counts. Unlike many antibiotics that are falling ...

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Phys.org / Lebanon: 400,000 years of climate and landscape history rediscovered

An international research team led by Dr. Gabriele Russo of the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen has re-examined historical fossil collections from Lebanon using modern ...

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Tech Xplore / A blueprint for keeping humans in control of AI

William Overman began his Ph.D. program at Stanford Graduate School of Business at an auspicious moment: just two months before ChatGPT launched publicly in November 2022, exploding the widely held understanding of what machines ...

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