Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions). The new work overcomes significant hurdles in scaling up ion-trapping technology from small demonstrations to larger quantum processors.
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During the very first few days of development of a cancer, our immune system recognizes cancer cells not as abnormal cells requiring eradication but as cells of the body that need to be protected, new research reveals.
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Mary had a little lamb, but only once a year. However, researchers have discovered an unusual form of a gene that prompts ewes to breed out of season as well as conceive at younger ages and more frequently.
A subset of tumor cells that remain after a woman with breast cancer undergoes treatment with either anti-cancer or anti-hormone therapy shows a “gene signature” that could be used to define targets for developing new drugs against the disease.
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A period of global warming from 53 million to 47 million years ago strongly influenced plants and animals, spurring a biodiversity boom in western North America, researchers report.
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Women tend to choose foods with a lower caloric value when dining with men, but not when they dine with other women.
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An analysis of 200 million years of history for marine clams found that vulnerability to extinction runs in evolutionary families, even when the losses result form ongoing, background rates of extinction.
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The normal aging process has long been linked to problems with cell respiration, the process through which the cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers have now shown how certain proteins that are synthesized in the cellular mitochondria — popularly known as the cells’ power plants — become unstable and disintegrate, which in turn can impair [...]
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A chemical found in blueberry leaves has shown a strong effect in blocking the replication of the hepatitis C virus, opening up a new avenue for treating chronic HCV infections, which affect 200 million people worldwide and can eventually lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
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Almost half of Bangladeshi women with young children experience violence from their husbands, and their children appear to have a higher risk of recent respiratory infections and diarrhea, according to a new report.