Follow us300kLast update Nations agree on phase-out of super greenhouse gases, Oct 15, 2016Spotlight Science Newssort by: Date6 hours12 hours1 day3 daysallRankLast day1 week1 monthallLiveRankLast day1 week1 monthallPopularLast day1 week1 monthallThis robot can work up a sweat doing pushupsMeet Kengoro, a humanoid robot. A video starts with a rather surprising sight of a robot doing what looks like an expert floor exercise. You see the robot during its workout, using the strength of his hands and flexible, ...19 hours agoin Robotics weblog690Finding needles in chemical haystacksA team of chemists including Daniel Weix from the University of Rochester has developed a process for identifying new catalysts that will help synthesize drugs more efficiently and more cheaply. The trick was to do something ...Oct 15, 2016in Materials Science4870Forever quantum: physicists demonstrate everlasting quantum coherence(Phys.org)—Physicists have implemented the first experimental demonstration of everlasting quantum coherence—the phenomenon that occurs when a quantum system exists in a superposition of two or more states at once. Typically, ...Oct 14, 2016in Quantum Physics feature27459New technique offers glimpse at human evolution in actionIn research published in Science, a Stanford-led international team used a new analytic technique to map recent evolution. The technique relies exclusively on the DNA sequences of modern humans, yet it can reveal rapid ...Oct 14, 2016in Evolution6168Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor sets world record on final day of operationOn Friday, Sept. 30, at 9:25 p.m. EDT, scientists and engineers at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean energy. The team set a new world record for plasma pressure in the Institute's ...Oct 14, 2016in Plasma Physics16615A reliance on negative emissions technologies is locking in carbon addictionThe Paris Agreement on climate change and the carbon-reduction plans of many governments (including the UK) are unwittingly reliant on unproven technologies to suck hundreds of billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide directly ...Oct 14, 2016in Environment4314Physicists pass spin information through a superconductorResearchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made a discovery that could lay the foundation for quantum superconducting devices. Their breakthrough solves one the main ...Oct 14, 2016in Superconductivity22083Lego-like wall produces acoustic hologramsResearch Triangle engineers have developed a simple, energy-efficient way to create three-dimensional acoustic holograms. The technique could revolutionize applications ranging from home stereo systems to medical ultrasound ...Oct 14, 2016in General Physics11792Physicists dispel Rayleigh's curseThe resolution of an optical system (like a telescope or a camera) is limited by the so-called Rayleigh criterion. An international team, led by Complutense Uni