Physicists have observed quantum entanglement among ‘billions of billions’ of flowing electrons in a quantum critical material. The research provides the strongest direct evidence to date of entanglement’s role in …read more Source:: Science
Day: January 16, 2020
Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus
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•Scientists have synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Biologists developed a human antibody for dengue suppression in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the insects that spread dengue. …read more Source:: Science
In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid — not volcanoes
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•Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international team of researchers. It was all about the asteroid. …read more Source:: Science
Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
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•Scientists studying fossils collected 35 years ago have identified them as the oldest-known scorpion species, a prehistoric animal from about 437 million years ago. The researchers found that the animal …read more Source:: Science
‘Living fossil’ may upend basic tenet of evolutionary theory
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•A research team has discovered the first conclusive evidence that selection may also occur at the level of the epigenome — a term that refers to an assortment of chemical …read more Source:: Science