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Record cold quantum refrigerator paves way for reliable quantum computers
Quantum computers require extreme cooling to perform reliable calculations. One of the challenges preventing quantum ...
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Chimpanzees are genetically adapted to local habitats and infections such as malaria
Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may ...
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States struggle to curb food waste despite policies
Current state policies aren't enough to curb food waste. Study shows states are falling short of the reduction goals set by ...
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Dr Subhaskar Mandal, Prof Zhang Baile and Prof Chong Yidong (IMAGE)
Scientists have made a breakthrough that could be a boon for finding dark matter. The Singapore team includes (from left) Dr ...
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Finger sticking (IMAGE)
Finger-sticking for glucose monitoring could be a thing of the past. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University ...
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Richard Alley being awarded National Medal of Science (IMAGE)
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, awards Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, the National Medal of Science ...
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Physical neglect can be as damaging to children’s social development as physical, sexual or emotional abuse, and it can have lasting impact on their ability to form friendships and romantic ...
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MS-QuantEXAFS for catalysis (IMAGE)
SLAC and University of California, Davis, researchers have developed software to determine more quantitative information about the active site of a single atom catalyst. MS-QuantEXAFS calculates the ...
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HKU Faculty of Arts Professor Charles Schencking elected as Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities
Professor Charles Schencking, Professor of History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities (the ...
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Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally
Hydroclimate whiplash – rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather – has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming ...
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What we eat affects our health — and can alter how our genes function
A new study from Stanford Medicine, which will be published in Nature Metabolism on Jan. 9, identified the direct epigenetic effects of two common byproducts of fiber digestion and found that some of ...
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HKU Engineering Professor Kaibin Huang named Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors
The US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced the 2024 Class of Fellows on December 10, 2024. Professor Kaibin Huang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Faculty of ...