Can Sterile Neutrinos Exist?
Physicists have wondered if neutrino particles come in a mysterious fourth variety. Now new experimental findings complicate the question -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Measuring cancer cell state can reveal drug susceptibility
Pancreatic cancer cells can exist in, and transition between, three different cell states, according to new research. These states respond differently to a variety of cancer drugs, and altering the tumor microenvironment can drive tumor cells from on.....»»
Doctoral student finds alternative cell option for organs-on-chips
Organ-on-a-chip technology has provided a push to discover new drugs for a variety of rare and ignored diseases for which current models either don't exist or lack precision. In particular, these platforms can include the cells of a patient, resultin.....»»
Is Europe entering a golden age of astronomy?
Groundbreaking discoveries about gravitational waves, black holes, cosmic rays, neutrinos and other areas of cutting-edge astronomy may soon become more frequent due to the convergence of two major communities of astronomers in a fresh project......»»
This Massive Planet Shouldn"t Exist
fahrbot-bot shares a report from Gizmodo: Scientists have spotted an unusually large exoplanet in orbit around b Centauri, a massive two-star system that is visible to the unaided eye. With a combined weight of roughly 10 Suns, it's now the heaviest.....»»
Predicting high temperature Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons
National University of Singapore researchers have predicted that an exotic state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate can exist at relatively high temperatures (around 50 K to 100 K) in systems comprising organic molecules on two-dimensional.....»»
Scientists use quantum processor to simulate 2D states of quantum matter
What would it be like if we lived in a flat two-dimensional world? Physicists predict that quantum mechanics would be even stranger in that case, resulting in exotic particles—so-called "anyons"— that cannot exist in the three-dimensional world w.....»»
Astronomers observe a new type of binary star long predicted to exist
Researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have observed a new type of binary star that has long been theorized to exist. The discovery finally confirms how a rare type of star in the universe forms and evolves......»»
Researchers generate, for the first time, a vortex beam of atoms and molecules
Vortices may conjure a mental image of whirlpools and tornadoes—spinning bodies of water and air—but they can also exist on much smaller scales. In a new study published in Science, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science, together wit.....»»
Shrinking qubits for quantum computing with atom-thin materials
For quantum computers to surpass their classical counterparts in speed and capacity, their qubits—which are superconducting circuits that can exist in an infinite combination of binary states—need to be on the same wavelength. Achieving this, how.....»»
Physicists Start Detecting Signs of Neutrinos At Large Hadron Collider
"The international Forward Search Experiment team, led by physicists at the University of California, Irvine, has achieved the first-ever detection of neutrino candidates produced by the Large Hadron Collider at the CERN facility near Geneva, Switzer.....»»
What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger?
It was the late 90s, social media platforms like Facebook didn't yet exist, texting was in its infancy, email was very popular, instant messaging was up for the taking and Microsoft took notice......»»
Physicists detect signs of neutrinos at Large Hadron Collider
The international Forward Search Experiment team, led by physicists at the University of California, Irvine, has achieved the first-ever detection of neutrino candidates produced by the Large Hadron Collider at the CERN facility near Geneva, Switzerl.....»»
Electrons set the stage for neutrino experiments
Neutrinos may be the key to finally solving a mystery of the origins of our matter-dominated universe, and preparations for two major, billion-dollar experiments are underway to reveal the particles' secrets. Now, a team of nuclear physicists have tu.....»»
Pythagoras" revenge: Humans didn"t invent mathematics, it"s what the world is made of
Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn't "exist" outside the minds of the people who use it......»»
Portugal Proposed Law Tries To Sneak in Biometric Mass Surveillance
Whilst the European Parliament has been fighting bravely for the rights of everyone in the EU to exist freely and with dignity in publicly accessible spaces, the government of Portugal is attempting to push their country in the opposite direction: on.....»»
Technology that measures cell-by-cell variation in growth rates could impact many fields
The genomic revolution has enabled researchers to assess cell-by-cell genetic variations, but very few techniques exist to measure cell-by-cell metabolic variations, a more powerful way to understand cell responses to changing environmental condition.....»»
Theorized mineral formed in earth"s mantle found in diamond
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S. has found a sample of a mineral previously believed to be unable to exist in nature. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study of a diamon.....»»
Planetary evolution reveals a volatile history
Just as human beings and all other living things exist in a vast number of forms thanks to their genetic makeup, so different types of planets occur due to the chemical processes at work in the dusty regions surrounding newborn stars......»»
Feeling the heat: Fusion reactors used to test spacecraft heat shields
Spacecraft have long used heat shields for protection during entry into planetary atmospheres. Future missions to the outer solar system will need more sophisticated materials than currently exist. The extreme heating conditions needed to study new s.....»»
Can Sterile Neutrinos Exist?
Physicists have wondered if neutrino particles come in a mysterious fourth variety. Now new experimental findings complicate the question -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»