Controlling quantum light at room temperature with tunable nanostructures and low voltage

Controlling quantum light at room temperature with tunable nanostructures and low voltage

The ability to control the color, or emission wavelength, of light from quantum sources is central to the development of secure quantum communication networks and photonic-based computing. However, most systems capable of tuning quantum light require extreme conditions, for example, high voltages, strong magnetic fields, and even cryogenic environments. The ability to control the color, or…

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From trading nutrients to storing carbon: Five things you didn’t know about our underground fungi

From trading nutrients to storing carbon: Five things you didn’t know about our underground fungi

If you’re walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. If you’re walking outdoors, chances are something remarkable is happening under your feet. Vast fungal networks are silently working to keep ecosystems alive. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories

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Stone tool discovery shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic

Stone tool discovery shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for many tasks and lasted for a long time. New technologies today often involve…

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Vincent van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ is not a masterpiece when it comes to flow physics, researchers say

Vincent van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ is not a masterpiece when it comes to flow physics, researchers say

The Dutch master Vincent van Gogh may have painted one of Western history’s most enduring works, but “The Starry Night” is not a masterpiece of flow physics—despite recent attention to its captivating swirls, according to researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Washington. The Dutch master Vincent van Gogh may have painted one of…

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Propaganda outlet leverages AI to amplify content without any loss in persuasive power

Propaganda outlet leverages AI to amplify content without any loss in persuasive power

A study of the use of AI by a Russian-backed propaganda outlet shows how AI allows propagandists to increase their production capacity without any loss in persuasive power. In December 2023, journalists at the BBC and Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub published an investigation revealing that the site DCWeekly.org was a Russian propaganda outlet, part…

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Scientists merge two ‘impossible’ materials into new artificial structure

Scientists merge two ‘impossible’ materials into new artificial structure

An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a synthetic quantum structure once thought impossible to exist and produced an exotic structure expected to provide insights that could lead to new materials at the core of quantum computing. An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has merged…

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Here’s why border fences are bad for wildlife

Here’s why border fences are bad for wildlife

International border barriers everywhere are harming wildlife by bisecting their habitats, disrupting their hunting and collecting patterns and preventing them from commingling. In some cases, the borders are causing so much harm that they could cause certain species to go extinct. International border barriers everywhere are harming wildlife by bisecting their habitats, disrupting their hunting and…

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