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SciGlow is a newsletter of science stories from the major research labs. Headlines link to in-depth articles and editorials. SciGlow keeps scientists and others up-to-date on current research.
Solar and wind farms are popping up around the country to lower carbon emissions, and these renewables also have another important effect: keeping more water in the ground. A new Princeton University-led study in Nature Communications is among the first to show that solar and wind energy not only enhance drought resilience, but also aid in groundwater … Read more
An international research group has observed new quantum properties on an artificial giant atom and has now published its results in the high-ranking journal Nature Physics. The quantum system under investigation apparently has a memory – a new finding that could be used to build a quantum computer. The research group, consisting of German, Swedish … Read more
A study led by Dr Jeremy Lim and his Research Assistant, Miss Emily Wong, at the Department of Physics of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), utilizing data from the Hubble Space Telescope, has provided surprising answers to the origin of some globular clusters around giant galaxies at the centers of galaxy clusters. Conducted in … Read more
A new study published today [6 Nov] in Psychological Medicine and led by University of Bristol researchers has found that tobacco smoking may increase your risk of developing depression and schizophrenia. It is well known that smoking is much more common amongst people with mental illness – especially depression and schizophrenia. However, most studies that have looked … Read more
Flexible jaws may help wombats better survive in a changing world by adapting to climate change’s effect on vegetation and new diets in conservation sanctuaries. An international study, co-led by The University of Queensland’s Dr Vera Weisbecker, has revealed that wombat jaws appear to change in relation to their diets. “Scientists had long suspected that … Read more
To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what’s the right amount of failure? New research led by the University of Arizona proposes a mathematical answer to that question. Educators and educational scholars have long recognized that there is something of a “sweet spot” when it comes to learning. That is, we learn best … Read more
A global coalition of scientists led by William J. Ripple and Christopher Wolf of Oregon State University says “untold human suffering” is unavoidable without deep and lasting shifts in human activities that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and other factors related to climate change. “Despite 40 years of major global negotiations, we have continued to … Read more
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT, Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Jun Sawada), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Korea, and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK have observed quantum-mechanical electron motion in silicon transistors in the sub-terahertz regime, which is far in excess of the state-of-the-art measurement bandwidth. … Read more
Like humans, Machine Learning (ML)-based systems sometimes make the wrong decision. However, while humans are able to reason about and explain their decisions, ML-based systems do not have a means of reliably informing users of the reasoning behind a decision. This fault is exacerbated by the instability of ML-based systems: they can yield a completely … Read more
University of Queensland researchers are developing a new generation of sustainable composite materials designed specifically for electric vehicles. Queensland-founded startup Australian Clean Energy Electric Vehicle Group (ACE-EV) launched its electric van (pictured below) in Australia in August and is now working to ensure the vehicle is designed and built onshore, using Australian research expertise. Australian … Read more