New, better way to build circuits for world's first useful quantum computers
The research team led by David Weiss at Penn State University performed a specific single quantum operation on individual atoms in a P-S-U pattern on three separate planes stacked within a cube-shaped arrangement. Credit: David Weiss lab, Penn State University
Fastest-spinning brown-dwarf star is detected by its bursts of radio waves
An artist's impression of a brown dwarf star. Credit: R. Hurt/NASA.
New gravitational-wave finder scores again
Aerial view of the LIGO gravitational wave detector in Livingston, Louisiana. Credit: LIGO.
Gravitational Waves Detected
Artist impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credit: R. Hurt, Caltech/JPL
Discovered: Why warm galaxies stop birth of new stars
An artist's rendition of the galaxies: Akira (right) and Tetsuo (left) in action. Akira's gravity pulls Tetsuo's gas into its central supermassive black hole, fueling winds that have the power to heat Akira's gas. The action of the black hole winds prevents a new cycle of star formation in Akira. IMAGE CREDIT Kavli IPMU
New targets for vaccines identified on the surface of the malaria parasite
A female Anopheles mosquito feeding on a human host and engorged with blood. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Record-breaking ultraviolet winds discovered near black hole
Artist's impression of a high-velocity wind (white) being launched from the surface of an accretion disk (red/yellow) around a supermassive black hole (black central dot). To set the scale, the black hole's size in this image is comparable to that of the inner Solar System. Distinct absorption in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum is produced when light from the accretion disk passes through the wind. Credit: NASA/CXC and Nahks Tr'Ehnl.
How depression and antidepressant drugs work: New insight from depressed mice helps researchers unite two hypotheses
Mutations in the GABA-A receptor cause a temporary imbalance between GABA signaling (yellow) and glutamate signaling (blue) in the brain. Homeostatic down regulation of glutamate signaling rebalances the system at a lower level and can lead to depression. Treatment with ketamine restores both GABA and glutamate levels to normal. CREDIT: Penn State University.
How did the giraffe get its long neck? Clues now revealed by new genome sequencing
Bachelor group of adult male Masai giraffes at Ndarakwai West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.  Photo credit: Doug Cavener
Under Pressure: New technique could make large, flexible solar panels more feasible
High pressure deposition inside rolled up, flexible substrates allows for extremely large area, uniform thickness hydrogenated amorphous silicon films useful for applications such as flat panel displays and solar cells. CREDIT: Hiu Yan Cheng, Penn State University
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