Microsoft has issued a stern warning to Outlook users worldwide, advising the 500 million people who rely on the popular email software to download a new update. Without taking action, Outlook users are putting their PCs at risk of cybercriminals breaking into their systems with a single click. Security researchers at Morphisec discovered the disturbing … Read more
It has produced one of the most consistent sets of negative results in the history of science. For over 60 years, researchers have been trying to find a single compelling piece of evidence to support the idea that we share the universe with other intelligent beings. Despite these decades of effort, they have not been … Read more
A schematic overview of the formose reservoir computer. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI file: 10.1038/s41586-024-07567-x Researchers from the Institute for Molecules and Materials at Radboud University have shown that a complex self-organizing chemical reaction network can perform various computational tasks, such as nonlinear classification and complex dynamical predictions. The field of molecular computing interests researchers who … Read more
Detection of modern human-to-Neanderthal gene flow (H→N) and its consequences. Modern human-to-Neanderthal admixture causes a local increase in heterozygosity in the Neanderthal genome, a feature that enabled approaches to quantify and detect introgressed sequences. We used modern human-introgressed sequences in the Neanderthal genome to refine estimates of Neanderthal ancestry in contemporary humans by decomposing IBDmix-detected … Read more
Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tachyons are hypothetical particles that travel at speeds greater than the speed of light. These superluminal particles are the “enfant terrible” of modern physics. Until recently, they were generally considered as entities that did not fit into special relativity. However, an article recently published in Physical assessment D by physicists from … Read more
The Higgs boson (blue) can be created by the interaction of gluons (yellow) during proton collisions. Protons consist of two up quarks (red) and one down quark (purple), so strongly bound by gluons that in the sea of virtual particles (gray) heavier quarks and antiquarks, for example beautiful quarks, can appear, whose presence also influences … Read more
The detection efficiency for a double-line DWD where the two stars have similar flux contributions. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI number: 10.48550/arxiv.2407.02594 An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of 34 rare double-lined white dwarf binary systems using the Intermediate-dispersion Spectrograph and Imaging System (ISIS) on the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). The finding was detailed … Read more
B. eremicarminis specimen a) Overview of skeleton (photo by Stephanie Abramowicz); b) Color-coded interpretation of skeleton (drawing by Dr. Nicole Klein). Credit: Photo by Stephanie Abramowicz; drawing by Dr. Nicole Klein The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile from the Triassic Favret Formation in Nevada, USA, changes the story of coastal life … Read more
A Bloch sphere of a qubit subjected to cross-correlated noise (blue and red). The method destructively disrupts this noise, resulting in superior performance. Credit: Physical assessment letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.223601 Researchers have developed a new method to significantly improve the performance of quantum technology by using the cross-correlation of two noise sources to extend coherence … Read more
The rim and floor of Gale Crater, seen from NASA’s Curiosity Rover. Credit: NASA The question of whether life once existed on Mars has captivated the imaginations of scientists and the public for decades. Central to the discovery is understanding the past climate of Earth’s neighbor: Was the planet warm and wet, with seas and … Read more