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Near a fault zone? We’ve thought that tectonic plates are constantly in motion because of the Earth's fluid-like mantle. We accept that plates move against one another, accruing energy along plate margins over time—then boom—a quake…

Quantum physical experiments exploring heavy bodies under gravitational force requires protection from environmental noise and the use of highly efficient sensing. In a recent paper, researchers from Hamburg University in Germany review…

It seems that our organs and systems have different ages from a biological perspective, says investigators Xun Xu of the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) and China National GeneBank (CNGB) in Shenzhen, China. Published in the journal Cell…

Graphene use in carbon-based 2D nanomaterials is ideal for next-generation electronics, optics, catalysis, biomedicine, and more. Recently, the focus was on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) as an inexpensive way to produce larger graphene…

Artificial neural networks solve complex tasks better than we can. They’re used in social media, streaming, online gaming, and other areas that target users with posts, movies, fun games, or other content that matches their individual…

The stretchiness of films and gels enables wearables, soft robotics, and biocompatible tissue. These materials, however, can break them without warning. Researchers from the American Chemical Society have designed a compound with "wings"…

Plants on Earth evolved to harness photosynthesis to survive, releasing the oxygen that changed our planet. Researchers led by Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester,…

According to researchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Bonn, the brain has neurons that fire specifically during certain mathematical operations. Some neurons are active exclusively during addition and others during subtraction. The…

Today, much of the 5G infrastructure is repurposed 4G equipment at lower frequency bands. Transition to 5G is based on the adoption of higher frequencies which have primarily been categorized into sub-6 GHz and mmWave (> 20 GHz) bands.…

Despite the advantages brought to color imaging by CMOS technology, today's applications, including self-driving cars, flexible electronics, and healthcare and medical imaging, demand even higher resolutions and levels of integration. In…