A research team from the University of Victoria says it has reached a microscopy breakthrough with a way to see atomic-scale structures with unprecedented…
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Researchers Build First Low-Cost Microscope That Can Spot Atomic-Scale Structures
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Multilevel Quantum Sensing With Qutrits Achieves Fourfold Fisher Information And Extends Dark Matter Reach
The search for dark matter receives a significant boost from new research exploring quantum systems beyond traditional qubits, offering a pathway to dramatically improved detection sensitivity. Xiaolin Ma, alongside Volodymyr Takhistov from…
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10,000-year-old asteroid strike in China had force of 40 atomic bombs
A team of scientists has uncovered evidence that a massive asteroid strike created a prominent crater in southern China’s Guangdong province roughly 10,000 years ago, during a period of rapid human development.
The Jinlin crater, situated…
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Ancient sea animals may have used magnetic particles to navigate
For millions of years, Earth’s magnetic field has helped animals move through their environments. Birds, turtles, and fish are known to use it as an invisible map.
But now, scientists have found clues that ancient marine life may have been doing…
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Life’s Ingredients Found Frozen Beyond The Milky Way For First Time : ScienceAlert
For the first time, astronomers have seen life’s building blocks in ice beyond the borders of our galaxy.
Among a mix of complex organic molecules trapped in ice circling a newborn star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, researchers found ethanol,…
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Astronomers Just Found a Sneaky Asteroid Near the Sun—and It Highlights a Dangerous Blind Spot
Millions of asteroids are currently zipping through our solar system. These rocky remnants of the early solar system receive extra attention when their itinerary brings them too close to Earth—which, fortunately, astronomers can…
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Here’s where the James Webb Space Telescope and 4 other legendary spacecraft are in October’s night sky
Humanity’s understanding of the solar system has evolved dramatically following the advent of spaceflight. Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on our planet,…
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