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Planetary Sciences 20 hours ago

Compared to billions of years ago, Venus has almost no water: New study may reveal why

Planetary scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered how Venus, Earth's scalding and uninhabitable neighbor, became so dry.

Quantum Physics 20 hours ago

Experiment opens door for millions of qubits on one chip

Researchers from the University of Basel and the NCCR SPIN have achieved the first controllable interaction between two hole spin qubits in a conventional silicon transistor. The breakthrough opens up the possibility of integrating ...

Molecular & Computational biology 20 hours ago

Two facilities team up for structural biology advances with X-ray free-electron lasers and exascale computing

Plans to unite the capabilities of two cutting-edge technological facilities promise to usher in a new era of dynamic structural biology. Through DOE's Integrated Research Infrastructure, or IRI, initiative, the facilities ...

Analytical Chemistry 20 hours ago

Researchers discover spontaneous liquefaction of solid metal–liquid metal interfaces in colloidal binary alloys

The boundary between solid metal and liquid metal can be much less "solid" than we ever suspected. RMIT researchers have discovered that the liquid-solid boundary can fluctuate back and forth, with metallic atoms near the ...

Analytical Chemistry 20 hours ago

Variety in building block softness makes for softer amorphous materials

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new model for disordered materials to study how amorphous materials resist stress. They treated groups of atoms and molecules as squishy spheres with varying softness.

Economics & Business 23 hours ago

Union advocate 'salts' quietly take jobs inside NC Amazon warehouse

Around 5,000 people work at RDU1, Amazon's sprawling four-floor fulfillment center in the Wake County town of Garner. A few clock in harboring covert intentions.

Space Exploration May 6, 2024

Boeing faces critical launch ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station

Ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station has almost become routine—but not for Boeing and not on Monday, when after years of delay it's finally set to launch two crew members to the orbiting platform on a ...

Environment May 6, 2024

Calif. state Sen. Blakespear says coastal railroad is at a climate crossroads

A coordinated, multiagency effort is essential to save Southern California's coastal rail corridor from sea-level rise and erosion, state Sen. Catherine Blakespear warned last week.

Space Exploration May 6, 2024

Boeing's Starliner set for first crewed mission to ISS

After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule is set to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) Monday, a milestone for the US aerospace giant and NASA.

Social Sciences May 5, 2024

Cellphone ban won't address mental health, classroom concentration issues, say experts

While a ban on cellphones in Ontario classrooms will temporarily keep them out of students' hands, the move will do little to support the mental health of youth across the province, say Brock University experts.

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