Argentina’s science community is facing a severe crisis due to the country’s economic situation. President Javier Milei’s austerity measures have led to a significant reduction in the budget for science and research, causing a massive brain drain and threatening the country’s scientific progress. Researchers are struggling to make ends meet, and many are considering leaving…
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Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery about the structure of axons, the thin tendrils that transmit messages in the nervous system. Using a high-pressure freezing method, scientists found that axons may have a beaded or pearled shape, rather than the smooth lines previously thought. This new finding could have significant implications for our understanding of…
Physicists in Europe have successfully demonstrated the relationship between quantum uncertainty and wave-particle duality, confirming a 2014 theoretical prediction. The experiment, conducted by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden, used orbital angular momentum states of light to show that a minimum level of uncertainty must always result when a measurement is made on a quantum…
The European Union has appointed a new research head, Ekaterina Zaharieva, to reshape the world’s biggest collaborative research programme and help stop the bloc’s economic and technological downward slide. The focus will be on strengthening industry involvement in the scheme to boost innovation, with a particular emphasis on increasing private investment in research and improving…
Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may be slowing down and changing shape, with its surface possibly morphing and rotating differently than the planet’s surface. This finding was made by analyzing earthquake waves that travel through the planet, which contain information about the inner core’s rotation and shape. The researchers suggest that the inner…
Physicists at the University of Ottawa have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of photonics, where a laser beam cast a shadow in a ruby crystal. This phenomenon occurs due to unusual photon-photon interactions in a highly nonlinear medium, which could have significant implications for laser fabrication and imaging. The team’s experiment demonstrates that…
Virologist Shi Zhengli has presented data on dozens of new coronaviruses collected from bats in southern China, which suggests that the Wuhan Institute of Virology did not have any bat-derived sequences from viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2. The research, which includes data from 56 new betacoronaviruses, was collected between 2004 and 2021 and has not…
The US Treasury Department has sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company, Sichuan Silence Information Technology, and one of its researchers, Guan Tianfeng, for a 2020 cyberattack that targeted 81,000 firewalls worldwide, including 23,000 in the US. The malware was designed to steal data and deploy ransomware, potentially causing serious injury or loss of human life. The…
Twenty years after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, the world has made significant strides in tsunami warning systems. With the establishment of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the deployment of DART buoys, researchers have improved their ability to detect and predict tsunamis. However, despite these advances, tsunamis continue to claim thousands of lives each…
Google has announced its latest quantum computing chip, Willow, which has left the tech industry stunned with its incredible performance claims. According to Google, the chip’s speed and reliability are so impressive that they suggest the existence of parallel universes, a concept that has long been the realm of science fiction. While some experts have…