A scanning electron micrograph of the device used to store quantum information in order to extend the reach of quantum communications.Image: Bart Machielse (Harvard University)A newly created system can enhance quantum communications over longer distances—a small but crucial step toward a quantum internet.We’re in the early stages of a quantum boom, as researchers are attempting…
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Scientists develop neuroprosthetic tech that amputees don’t need to learn
One of the biggest challenges in mind-controlled prosthetics is finding a strong and stable enough nerve signal to attach to the bionic limb. Scientists already know that peripheral nerves – the network of tiny nerves that fan out to the spinal cord and brain — are liable to offer the most precise and intuitive control…
Student Scientists Worry About Their Futures as Universities Shut Down Over Covid-19
Towson University students move out of the dorms as the school shut down days before the start of the scheduled spring break on March 11, 2020 in Towson, Maryland. Photo: Rob Carr (Getty Images)Research institutions around the United States and abroad are reacting to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by moving classes online, sending students and…
Scientists Who Created Order From Randomness Win Prestigious Mathematics Prize
2020 Abel Prize laureates Hillel Furstenberg (left) and Gregory Margulis (right)Photo: Dan RezettiScientists Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis have won this year’s Abel Prize, which is considered one of the highest honors in mathematics.The scientists won the prize “for pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics,”…