Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have recorded, for the first time, the "temporal coherence" of a graphene qubit—meaning how long it can maintain a special state that allows it to represent two logical states simultaneously. ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 31, 2018
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Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and at the City College of New York (CCNY) have developed a metamaterial that can transport sound in unusually ...
General Physics
Dec 31, 2018
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Parts of the United States were digging out Saturday from winter storms that media reports said led to at least seven deaths, while warmer regions braced for potential flooding during the New Year's travel period.
Environment
Dec 31, 2018
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Sabra Purdy is just back from Joshua Tree National Park in southern California, which was crammed with tourists. It is high season, and to prevent chaos from the partial shutdown of the US federal government, she put on her ...
Environment
Dec 31, 2018
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A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule some four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away.
Space Exploration
Dec 31, 2018
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A lion attacked and killed a young American woman who had just started working at the facility where it was kept, the center said Sunday.
Ecology
Dec 31, 2018
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Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn will be spending the beginning of 2019 behind bars after a Tokyo court on Monday extended his detention through to January 11.
Business
Dec 31, 2018
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Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year's Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be fewer of the prized mollusks to go around.
Environment
Dec 31, 2018
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Just the thought of a bed bug infestation is enough to make you start scratching and tossing out furniture.
Other
Dec 31, 2018
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