DOE releases national quantum computing roadmap following field-wide effort led by SCAC subcommittee
Editor’s note: The following article was originally published by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Fermilab…
Guam had a population of three million invasive brown snakes; then US dropped 2,000 mice stuffed with paracetamol in a $8M operation to curb the population
Wars are no longer just between humans, they are also against invasive predators that completely destroy ecosystems. In…
Scientists Just Learned a Bear’s Sex From a Strand of Its Hair
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Meteor hunting on hard mode: Here’s your best shot at spotting a Daytime Sextantids shooting star
Up for a challenge? The Daytime Sextantids meteor shower peaks soon, but you’ll only have a brief window…
US firm hits 30 entangled logical qubits on its Sqale quantum computer
A Colorado-based company has announced a major milestone in quantum computing. Infleqtion’s Sqale quantum computer has demonstrated 30…
In 2021, Northern Ireland used drones, 110 cameras and a Labrador to catch 100 ferrets; corncrakes bred again and a Manx shearwater returned after 40 years
Representative image of conservation teams using trained dogs and ground monitoring to help remove invasive predators and restore…
2,000-year-old Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii helps scientists date Earth’s history more precisely
A new study has made argon-argon dating more precise by using the well-recorded eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…
After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild
“All of these will be inspections to start,” Bennett said of the SSPICY mission. “But then there will…
Scientists Just Watched a Single Quantum of Sound Vanish for the First Time
Quantum sound refers to vibrations so small that they behave according to the rules of quantum mechanics. Instead…
A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These…
Scientists Hunt for Tiny Black Holes Hidden in LHC Collisions
Physicists found no tiny black holes at the LHC, but they just made the hiding place for new…
Can I Question My Partner’s Moose Sighting?
Zachary writes: My partner, Alex, claims to have seen a moose on a recent trail run. But we…