Image courtesy of Flickr. It is difficult to vibe on different wavelengths, especially in a quantum regime. In a recent paper published in Nature Communications,
Art courtesy of Tai Michaels. Quantum computers may one day solve difficult problems, but currently they still face many hardware limitations. Quantum physics—the science of
Tectonic plate movements drive many geologic processes on Earth, from earthquakes to volcanos, yet how tectonic plates start sinking beneath one another is not well
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Image courtesy of AlexanderAIUS. In 2004, with tape and a lump of graphite, researchers discovered graphene—a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms with many industrial
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Image courtesy of Needpix. Can a honeybee swim? In a recent paper, California Institute of Technology research engineer Chris Roh and professor Morteza Gharib found
Exoplanets capture our imagination, and recent missions have discovered thousands more around neighbouring stars. However, even when discovered, the compositions of exoplanets are difficult to