Content by author: Francis Goodwin

What happened before the Big Bang? | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

An artist's illustration showing the patterns of signals generated by primordial standard clocks in different theories of the primordial universe. Top: Big Bounce. Bottom: Inflation. Credit: CfA/Zhong-Zhi Xianyu, Xingang Chen, Avi Loeb March 26, 2019 (Phys.org) -- A team of scientists has proposed a powerful new test for inflation, the theory that the universe dramatically expanded in size in a f ...

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Physicists reverse time using quantum computer | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT March 13, 2019 (Phys.org) -- Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology teamed up with colleagues from the United States and Switzerland and returned th ...

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How to breathe for better health, studying and test taking | Ileana Varela

Dr. Nathaly Shoua-Desmarais practices diaphragmatic breathing using biofeedback. Credit: Florida International University March 11, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- If you're reading this you're obviously bre ...

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Donald Trump's use of humiliation could have catastrophic consequences -- a psychologist explains why | Simon Mccarthy-Jones

Donald Trump. Credit: Gage Skidmore, Flicker (CC BY-SA 2.0)March 11, 2019 (Pbys.org) -- World War II opened the gates to hell. In 1948, the nations of the world tried to bolt them shut again. They di ...

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Three ways studying organic chemistry changes the brain | Abby Simmons,

The region of left hippocampus in red shows decreased mean diffusivity (MD) after learning. The following hippocampal subregions are shown: Cornu Ammonis (CA) in blue; dentate gyrus in green, and sub ...

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Hubble and Gaia accurately weigh the Milky Way | ESA/Hubble Information Center

This artist's impression shows a computer-generated model of the Milky Way and the accurate positions of the globular clusters used in this study surrounding it. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Calçada ...

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Securing the 'internet of things' in the quantum age | Rob Matheson

MIT researchers have developed a novel chip that can compute complex quantum-proof encryption schemes efficiently enough to protect low-power “internet of things” (IoT) devices. Credit: Massachusetts ...

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Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that's got scientists worried | Julia Rosen

Photo of landfill burnoff flare. Credit: Eddie Hagler/Public Domain March 4, 2019 (Phys.org) -- Scientists love a good mystery. But it's more fun when the future of humanity isn't at stake. This enig ...

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Scientists expose hidden risks of diarrhoeal disease | University of East Anglia

Cryptosporidium muris. Credit: public domain image March 4, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- A rapidly evolving new subspecies of the cryptosporidium parasite -- a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease in child ...

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Chirality yields colossal photocurrent | Boston College

The Weyl semimetal Tantalum Arsenide has a colossal bulk photovoltaic effect - an intrinsic, or non-linear, generation of current from light more than ten times larger than ever previously achieved, ...

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Content by author: Francis Goodwin

What happened before the Big Bang? | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Physicists reverse time using quantum computer | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

How to breathe for better health, studying and test taking | Ileana Varela

Donald Trump's use of humiliation could have catastrophic consequences -- a psychologist explains why | Simon Mccarthy-Jones

Three ways studying organic chemistry changes the brain | Abby Simmons,

Hubble and Gaia accurately weigh the Milky Way | ESA/Hubble Information Center

Securing the 'internet of things' in the quantum age | Rob Matheson

Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that's got scientists worried | Julia Rosen

Scientists expose hidden risks of diarrhoeal disease | University of East Anglia

Chirality yields colossal photocurrent | Boston College

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