Science

Daily eye drops could make reading glasses obsolete

Everybody develops presbyopia as they age - a difficulty in focusing on near objects and text - and often have…

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The sweetpotato’s DNA turned out stranger than anyone expected

The sweetpotato feeds millions worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where its natural resilience to climate extremes makes it crucial for…

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150-million-year-old teeth expose dinosaurs’ secret diets

You are what you eat, it turns out -- even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. While…

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Google’s quantum computer creates exotic state once thought impossible

Unlike conventional phases of matter, the so-called non-equilibrium quantum phases are defined by their dynamical and time-evolving properties -- a…

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Electrons that act like photons reveal a quantum secret

Science News from research organizations Intriguing behavior of such electrons in particular materials produced by chemical synthesis. Date: September 13,…

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Johns Hopkins breakthrough could make microchips smaller than ever

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered new materials and a new process that could advance the ever-escalating quest to make smaller,…

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The real reason ice is slippery, revealed after 200 years

For over a hundred years, schoolchildren around the world have learned that ice melts when pressure and friction are applied.…

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Graphene just broke a fundamental law of physics

For several decades, a central puzzle in quantum physics has remained unsolved: Could electrons behave like a perfect, frictionless fluid…

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Hubble just captured a glittering star cluster like no other

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This…

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Your morning coffee could secretly be weakening antibiotics

Ingredients of our daily diet - including caffeine - can influence the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. This has been…

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