The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project team has discovered evidence for a row of up to…
Month: September 2015
Improved stability of electron spins in qubits
Calculation with electron spins in a quantum computer assumes that the spin states last for…
Oldest fossil sea turtle discovered: fossilized turtle is at least 120 million years old
The world’s oldest fossil sea turtle known to date has been found by scientists. The…
Is old rock really ‘as solid as a rock’? Deformed craton under North America
In the course of billions of years continents break up, drift apart, and are pushed…
Mathematical ‘Gingko trees’ reveal mutations in single cells that characterize diseases
A new interactive analysis program called Gingko has been released that reduces the uncertainty of…
Molecular bodyguards for immature membrane proteins
During their formation within the cells, many proteins rely on the assistance of molecular protectors,…
Nanoparticles: Small but unique
Scientists have developed a new way to study nanoparticles one at a time, and have…
Common molecular tool kit shared by organisms across the tree of life
Researchers have discovered the assembly instructions for nearly 1,000 protein complexes shared by most kinds…
A humanoid robot to liaise between space station crews
A team of researchers has developed “an autobiographical memory” for the robot Nao, which enables…
Improving wheat varieties in Kazakhstan
Wheat farmers in Kazakhstan lose anywhere from from 10 percent to as much as 50…