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Invasive snake is surviving in Britain by living in attics and walls

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:00:52 +0100

Britain should be too cold for the invasive Aesculapian snake to survive, but it is thriving by exploiting the warmth of attics, wall cavities and compost heaps

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Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:42 +0000

Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white sharks, revealing a possible strategy to protect surfers and swimmers

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Quantum 'supersolid' matter stirred using magnets

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:43 +0100

We can’t stir ordinary solids, but one research team now claims to have stirred an extraordinary quantum “supersolid”, generating tiny vortices

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The galactic anomalies hinting dark matter is weirder than we thought

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100

Cosmological puzzles are tempting astronomers to rethink our simple picture of the universe – and ask whether dark matter is even stranger than we thought

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Being in two places at once could make a quantum battery charge faster

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:12 +0100

The quantum principle of superposition – the idea of particles being in multiple places at once – could help make quantum batteries that charge within minutes

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Atoms at temperatures beyond absolute zero may be a new form of matter

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:00:10 +0100

Physicists have coaxed a cloud of atoms into having a temperature beyond absolute zero and placed them in a geometric structure that could produce an unknown form of matter

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Maxwell’s demon charges quantum batteries inside of a quantum computer

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:00:03 +0100

A technique to charge a battery inside a quantum computer relies on sorting qubits in an imitation of Maxwell’s demon, a 19th-century thought experiment once thought to break the laws of physics

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Why ‘sling action’ bowling deceives so many batters in cricket

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:09:26 +0100

Experiments in a wind tunnel have revealed why the sling action bowling technique made famous by Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga is so effective at hoodwinking whoever is batting

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This antimatter version of an atomic nucleus is the heaviest yet

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:00:08 +0100

Smashing gold nuclei together at high speeds billions of times has resulted in 16 particles of antihyperhydrogen-4, a very exotic and heavy form of antimatter

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Another blow for dark matter as biggest hunt yet finds nothing

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:13 +0100

The hunt for particles of dark matter has been stymied once again, with physicists placing constraints on this mysterious substance that are 5 times tighter than the previous best

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Ultracold quantum battery could be charged with quantum tunnelling

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:00:52 +0100

Atoms tunnelling through a quantum battery could charge it and also keep it from losing energy, which could give an advantage over conventional batteries

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The laws of physics appear to follow a mysterious mathematical pattern

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:07:29 +0100

The symbols and mathematical operations used in the laws of physics follow a pattern that could reveal something fundamental about the universe

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Quantum batteries could give off more energy than they store

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:15:33 +0000

Simulations suggest that when a quantum battery shares a quantum state with the device it is powering, the device can gain more charge than was stored in the battery to begin with

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Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:30:22 +0000

Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve

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Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Sun, 14 May 2023 09:01:16 +0100

The second series of this show about Earth 66 million years ago is a joy to watch - but it inspires more than it informs. A little more science would have been nice

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Huge earthquake shook Seattle 1100 years ago and it could happen again

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:00:56 +0100

Analysis of tree rings shows that two faults near Seattle, Washington ruptured at the same time or soon after each other more than 1000 years ago – a repeat today would cause a major disaster in the region

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El Niño pattern can bring wet weather to UK one year later

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:00:22 +0100

El Niño and La Niña cycles driven by ocean temperatures in the Pacific can influence weather in the North Atlantic 12 months later – a finding that could improve long-range forecasts

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Quantum batteries could give off more energy than they store

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:15:33 +0000

Simulations suggest that when a quantum battery shares a quantum state with the device it is powering, the device can gain more charge than was stored in the battery to begin with

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Conspiracy theorists are turning their attention back to HPV vaccines

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000

We are living in a vaccine-hesitant moment, with conspiracy theories thriving on social media. We need to push back, says Simon Williams

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Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:30:22 +0000

Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve

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Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:42 +0000

Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white sharks, revealing a possible strategy to protect surfers and swimmers

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Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest known attempt at treating cancer

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 May 2024 06:00:26 +0100

Cut marks on a 4000-year-old skull suggest ancient Egyptian doctors tried to treat a man with nasopharyngeal cancer

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Two-Drug Inhaler Could Reduce Asthma Attacks

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Two-Drug Inhaler Could Reduce Asthma Attacks
Category: Health News
Created: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM

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