Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots
Mathematicians Mark Brittenham and Sarah Hermiller have refuted the additivity conjecture in knot theory, showing that the unknotting number of a connect sum of two knots is not always...
Read moreBlood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here
The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new blood test for Alzheimer’s, developed by Roche, which measures a specific form of the tau protein in the blood. This...
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A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones
A groundbreaking light-based cancer treatment has been developed by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Porto in Portugal. This method uses tin oxide...
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Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’
Physicists have developed a novel method to measure quantum entanglement by using a quantum memory system as a ‘Maxwell’s demon’ to facilitate heat transfer between entangled systems. This technique...
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests
A new study suggests climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, with human-induced warming increasing its wind speeds by 7 percent and damages by 12 percent. The...
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The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures
The article discusses the ’10 Martini Proof,’ a groundbreaking mathematical achievement that links quantum mechanics with complex mathematical structures. This proof, named after a bet involving 10 martinis, was...
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A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos
A new startup, Manhattan Genomics, is exploring the potential of human embryo editing, following the controversial case of He Jiankui in 2018. The company plans to begin with mouse...
Read moreMorphing Meta-antennas enable frequency manipulation
Morphing Meta-antennas are innovative devices that allow for frequency manipulation by altering their shape. These antennas are made from a composite material that can be stretched, folded, and squeezed....
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