Oregon is known for its towering volcanic domes covered in evergreen cover that becomes sparse and patchy on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains before steepening into the high desert. The people who know trees best say there are many signs of trouble in Oregon. “We see forms of stress in all of our …
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Schematic of a generic superconducting nanowire single photon detector. The leads in this study were made entirely of tungsten silicide, with no gold contacts. Credit: S. Kelley/NIST For decades, astronomers and physicists have tried to solve one of the deepest mysteries of the cosmos: around 85% of its mass is missing. Many astronomical observations indicate …
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DALLAS – December 7, 2022 – Researchers at UT Southwestern have discovered a new form of progeria, a rare premature aging syndrome, in a Malaysian man and traced its cause to a new genetic mutation. The discovery, reported in the Clinical Investigation Journalcould lead to new therapies for more common conditions that share characteristics with …
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A photograph of the constructed heterogeneous p-computer composed of a probabilistic stochastic magnetic tunnel junction (sMTJ)-based bit (p-bit) and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Credit: Kerem Camsari, Giovanni Finocchio and Shunsuke Fukami et al. Researchers from Tohoku University, University of Messina, and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have developed a large-scale version of a …
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An electron beam passes through a niobium cavity, a key component of SLAC’s LCLS-II X-ray laser. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Lab If scientists want to push the limits of an X-ray laser, for example, they may need to create new technology. But sometimes you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Instead, scientists are simply …
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image: Pre-harvest rice germination occurred in different provinces of China in 2020 see After Credit: IGDB Seed dormancy is an important survival tool for plants as it allows them to cope with weather conditions that are not conducive to survival. At the same time, excessive dormancy can reduce cultivation time. In response, farmers often plant …
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New genetic mutation may cause severe childhood cases glaucomaa debilitating disease that runs in families and can lead to vision loss in children as young as three years old, a study has found. The discovery was made by an international team of researchers led by Mass Eye and Ear, a division of Mass General Brigham, …
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Experimental observations of an Sb2The3 plate moving in a spiral around a microfiber. (a) Sketch of the experimental device implemented in a vacuum chamber. VOA, variable optical attenuator; FC, fiber coupler; MF, microfiber; and PM, power meter. (b) Temporal sequencing of SEM images of an Sb2The3 plate moving around a microfiber when the average attack …
Light curve of GD 99 obtained by TESS. Credit: Bognár et al, 2022 Using the 1m Ritchey–Chrétien–Coudé Telescope at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary, and NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Hungarian astronomers have observed a variable star known as the name of GD 99. The results of the study, published on November 21 …
Light curve of GD 99 obtained by TESS. Credit: Bognár et al, 2022 Using the 1m Ritchey–Chrétien–Coudé Telescope at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary, and NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Hungarian astronomers have observed a variable star known as the name of GD 99. The results of the study, published on November 21 …
