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MIT researchers say classical least action can exactly reproduce key quantum behaviors in a new mathematical framework.
MIT researchers found a classical math route to reproduce several hallmark results of quantum mechanics.
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A lab-engineered bean gum from Henry Daniell at Penn Dental Medicine nearly wipes out three microbes tied to head and neck squamous cell cancer—while leaving healthy oral bacteria untouched.
HealthUPenn researchers develop bioengineered chewing gum to fight head and neck cancersMac Oliveau
Why walls stop visible light but often let Wi-Fi through comes down to how electrons absorb energy.
DiscoveriesStrange Physics: Why Wi-Fi and radio waves can pass through walls but light can’tJoseph Shavit
On Oct. 25, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped a selfie after drilling into a rock called “Mary Anning.” Years later, that sample has delivered the richest mix of organic molecules ever detected on Mars.
SpaceNASA’s Curiosity rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds on MarsJoshua Shavit
In experiments with rice seeds submerged in water, MIT researchers found that the sound of falling droplets shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds that were not exposed to the same sound vibrations.
Green ImpactSeeds can sense the sound of falling raindrops, MIT study findsRebecca Shavit
Weighing only 400 grams and spending 129 days in our NICU, baby Talia’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary.
Good NewsBaby Ember, Talia’s homecoming, Lunchroom Revolution and more good news todayAmyn Bhai
A Mexican axolotl in Wake Forest University biologist Josh Currie's regeneration lab.
HealthSalamander gene could hold the key to regrowing human limbsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Long-term genome tracking shows how chronic blood cancers quietly evolve years before patients worsen.
Health25-year-long study discovers how blood cancers evolve and worsenMac Oliveau
The Milky Way is a massive, spiral-shaped collection of stars, gas, and dust that houses our own solar system. Dr Karl Fiteni (inset) led the study. Photo shows the core of the Milky Way as photographed by Joseph Caruana from Dwejra Gozo
SpaceFor the first time, astronomers identify the edge of the Milky Way’s discJoshua Shavit
Physicists found evidence that hidden quark pairs in the vacuum may shape how matter forms in high-energy collisions.
SpaceFor the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty spaceShy Cohen
This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of sedimentary deposits in the Glenelg area of Gale Crater. Gale Crater is a paleolake located close to the putative coastal shelf.
Space‘Bathtub Ring’ points to vast ancient ocean on MarsJoseph Shavit
A group of Seaman High School students did a little bit of hot-dogging with their ride to prom, convincing the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile to give them a lift.
Global GoodFamily reunion, Marshmallow’s Hope, a Wienermobile and more good news todayAmyn Bhai
New COLIBRE simulations show how cold gas and dust help galaxies evolve from the early universe to today.
SpaceCosmic simulations reveal how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of yearsJoshua Shavit
Trapped ions already power quantum computers and the world’s most precise clocks. Now, by merging those strengths, researchers are probing something deeper: time itself behaving as a quantum superposition.
DiscoveriesBreakthrough ion clock experiments reveal that time can go quantumShy Cohen
Fossil hunting by the research team in south China.
Green ImpactScientists discover how primitive plants survived Earth’s worst mass extinctionHannah Shavit-Weiner
DNA from a Stone Age tomb near Paris points to collapse, migration and a social reset around 3000 BC.
DiscoveriesDNA evidence points to a massive stone age population collapseRebecca Shavit
Gut microbes may reveal Parkinson’s risk years before symptoms, according to new research from UCL.
HealthGut microbiome changes can signal Parkinson’s disease risk years before symptomsMac Oliveau