A new method offers a simple, safe, and practical way to create cyclopropanes—a key feature that increases the potency of many drugs and drug-candidates—within molecules. Credit: National Cancer ...

Despite decades of debate, a new international study may have finally cracked the mystery behind gender gaps in mathematics, and it doesn’t point to biology or bias at birth. Instead, the culprit may ...

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Optical computing utilizes light’s speed to perform vector-matrix operations more efficiently. Harnessing the principles of light interference enables parallel computations, a key feature of quantum ...

Soft machines, made from flexible materials such as soft plastics, could be beneficial in fields like nuclear cleanup, medicine, and space exploration. However, their real-world use has been limited ...

The two Yunxian skulls used in the study were highly distorted, but Xijun Ni and his colleagues were able to reconstruct them using 3D modelling. ©Mr. Guanghui Zhao In the quiet bends of the Han River ...

Imagine a type of matter where particles are arranged in a neat crystal pattern but can flow without friction. This peculiar state is called a supersolid, requiring particles to share a common phase ...

Quantum information plays a vital role in connecting several branches of physics. Specifically, the theory of quantum error correction, which explains how to protect ...

Scientists have discovered two enormous structures deep within Earth’s mantle. Research from Utrecht University reveals these regions are hotter and older than the surrounding sunken tectonic ...

Extremely precise measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Coma cluster of galaxies provide new evidence for the Universe’s faster-than-expected rate of expansion. (Photo courtesy ...

Images of dwarf planets: NASA/JPL-Caltech; image of 2017 OF201: Sihao Cheng et al. A composite image showing the five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union, plus the newly ...

Aqua-Fi would use radio waves to send data from a diver’s smart phone to a "gateway" device attached to their gear, which would send the data via a light beam to a computer at the surface that is ...