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Most complex time crystal yet has been made inside a quantum computer
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (336+ words) Using a superconducting quantum computer, physicists created a large and complex version of an odd quantum material that has a repeating structure in time The IBM Quantum System Two, which is similar to the machine used to make the new…...
Amazon is getting drier as deforestation shuts down atmospheric rivers
17+ hour, 46+ min ago (588+ words) The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of deforestation Vast areas of the Amazon rainforest have been burned for cattle ranchingMICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images…...
Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (613+ words) A newly discovered collection of neurons suggests the brain and heart communicate to trigger a neuroimmune response after a heart attack, which may pave the way for new therapies The brain responds after a heart attack Following a heart attack,…...
Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (734+ words) Chemist Omar Yaghi invented materials called MOFs, a few grams of which have the surface area of a football field. He explains why he thinks these super-sponges will define the next century Christopher Michel/Contour RA by Getty Images Bulletproof…...
We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (521+ words) An evolution-inspired framework for how quantum fuzziness gives rise to our classical world shows that even imperfect observers can eventually agree on an objective reality We can usually agree what objects look like, but why?Martin Bond / Alamy Martin Bond…...
Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (615+ words) Excavations at an opencast mine in Greece have uncovered two wooden objects more than 400,000 years old that appear to have been fashioned as tools by an unknown species of ancient human Artist's reconstruction of a Palaeolithic woman making a digging…...
The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (403+ words) JWST has created a map of dark matter that is twice as good as anything we have had before, and it may help unravel some of the deepest mysteries of the universe The dark matter distribution observed by the Hubble…...
The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (665+ words) The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black holes promises to reveal time's true nature Ryan Wills for New Scientist/Adobe Stock Rushing to get…...
Mars's gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (484+ words) Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth's climate, especially those that cause ice ages Mars has a surprisingly large influence on Earth's climateNASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Compared…...
Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (743+ words) Solar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change, but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply, leading to greater damage than unabated global warming Solar geoengineering could save the ice sheets " but stopping it could be catastrophicMartin…...