An AI framework aids in identifying and tracking new COVID-19 variants, using a novel algorithm named CLASSIX to efficiently process large genomic datasets and enhance… Read More
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MIT’s Self-Powered Sensor Automatically Harvests Ambient Magnetic Energy
A system designed at MIT could allow sensors to operate in remote settings, without batteries. MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, self-powered sensor that can… Read More
Read More »Quantum Dots Ignite a New Era in Global Secure Communication
University of Waterloo researchers combine Nobel prize-winning concepts to achieve scientific breakthrough. Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have brought… Read More
Read More »Life on Venus? MIT’s “Absolutely Surprising” Discovery of Amino Acid Stability
Results suggest the clouds of Venus could be hospitable for some forms of life. If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it… Read More
Read More »No Zoom: How Hubble’s Fixed Focus Captures the Vast Universe
Hubble captures varied cosmic scales, from the close globular cluster NGC 1651 to distant galaxies, using its fixed observational scope and mosaicing when necessary. This… Read More
Read More »Becoming Human: What Ancient DNA Tells Us About Who We Are
Writing a commentary in the 50th-anniversary issue of Cell, Fu Qiaomei and E. Andrew Bennett, both of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP)… Read More
Read More »Ultrafast Laser Pulses Unmask Quantum Materials and Superconductivity
Innovative use of timed laser pulses by JILA and CU Boulder researchers provides new insights into quantum material behavior, aiding in the exploration of superconductivity… Read More
Read More »COVID-19 Had a Much Greater Impact on Life Expectancy Than Previously Thought
A recent study published in The Lancet never-before-seen unprecedented details on the exceptionally high death rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic both within nations and… Read More
Read More »Ancient Architects of the Milky Way: The Discovery of Shakti and Shiva
Astronomers have identified what could be two of the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks: Named “Shakti” and “Shiva,” these appear to be the remnants of… Read More
Read More »Challenging Long-Standing Climate Assumptions: Earth Is Getting Hotter, but Soil Is Getting Wetter
Study indicates that changes in rainfall patterns, rather than shifts in temperature, account for trends in soil moisture. Soil moisture levels play a crucial role… Read More
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