Science & Technology

New quantum computers can operate at higher temperatures 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 16, 2020
Silicon chips raise hopes for scaling up devices to millions of quantum bits

By David Aragorn
Matter-antimatter difference found in neutrino oscillations 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 16, 2020
One of the great scientific puzzles of our time is why we live in a universe full of matter rather than antimatter. Wherever we look, we observe that matter dominates over antimatter, yet we believe that matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts soon after the Big Bang. To reconcile these two facts there must be some difference in the way matter and antimatter behave.

By David Aragorn
Scientists digitally reconstruct skulls of dinosaurs in fossilised eggs 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 11, 2020
Research on Massospondylus carinatus embryos sheds new light on animals’ development

By David Aragorn
A study compares the parietal lobes in Neanderthals and modern humans 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 10, 2020
The Paleoneurobiology Group of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), led by Emiliano Bruner, has just published a morphological analysis of the brains of Neanderthals and modern humans in the Journal of Human Evolution, whose results suggest that the more rounded shape of modern human brains is due in part to larger and bulgier parietal lobes, on average.

By David Aragorn
Collisions reveal new evidence of ‘anyon’ quasiparticles’ existence 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 10, 2020
Some types of anyons may eventually be useful for building better quantum computers

By David Aragorn
Scientists Solve Mystery Behind The World’s First Color Photographs 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 7, 2020
In the mid-19th century scientists were diligently at work experimenting with methods to capture the solar spectrum in images. French physicist Edmond Becquerel was the first to succeed. In 1848 he produced what he called “photochromatic images” which are considered to be the world’s first color photographs.

By David Aragorn
Germany’s devolved logic is helping it win the coronavirus race 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 6, 2020
With 400 public health offices forging ahead with testing, the country is a model for others to emulate

By David Aragorn
Discovery of life in solid rock deep beneath sea may inspire new search for life on Mars 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 4, 2020
Bacteria live in tiny clay-filled cracks in solid rock millions of years old

By David Aragorn
Coronavirus May Have Caused the Earth to Stop Vibrating so Much 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 3, 2020
Coronavirus may have inadvertently caused Earth to vibrate less, with lockdown measures leading to a huge drop in the use of industrial machinery and transportation around the world.

By David Aragorn
Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 1, 2020
Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycled

By David Aragorn