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Quantum diamond anvil
Asteroids could be future viable space habitats (more) Animated version
Quantum fridge
Process of transferring carbon to the deep ocean (more)
How planetary intelligence might play a role in humanity’s long-term future (more)
Metaform optical component (more)
Multimetallic cooperativity dictates proton uptake in polyoxovanadates (more)
Targeting cancer stem cells with micheliolide analogs (more)
Plate tectonics not required for the emergence of life (more)
The transformative Ediacaran Period, about 635 to 541 million years ago (more)
Earth’s magnetic field deflecting high-energy protons from the sun four billion years ago. (more)
A redox flow battery uses excess solar- and wind-based energy to charge solutions of chemicals that can subsequently be stored for use when sunshine and wind are scarce. (more)
Molecular Engineering of Clusters and Coordination Cages (more)
Methane emitted into the atmosphere can be sorted into two categories–fossil or biological–based on its signature of the isotope carbon-14. (more)
New method for manipulating information in quantum systems (more)
High-energy-density physics explainer (more)
Plasma jets emanating from the black hole of SS 433 strike the gases in the surrounding nebula (more)
COVID-19 sieve