The first generation of COVID-19 vaccines have been highly effective, but also have limitations: their efficacy can wane without a booster shot, and they may be less effective against some variants.
Feb 2, 2022
In a new study, Empa researcher Dominik Brunner, together with colleagues from Utrecht University and the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, is investigating... The post Plastic Snowfall in the Alps – Nanoplastics Permeate...
Feb 1, 2022
Cracking the popular cryptocurrency algorithm in an hour would require over 300 million qubits with current technology, say physicists The post Bitcoin encryption is safe from quantum computers – for now appeared first on Physics World.
Feb 1, 2022
The Big Picture features technology through the lens of photographers. Every month, IEEE Spectrum selects the most stunning technology images recently captured by photographers around the world. We choose images that reflect an important adva...
Feb 1, 2022
Why conquering "quantum optimization" might be one of the trickiest things when it comes to getting quantum computers to work The post Quantum optimization, alien life and mental health in physics: the February 2022 issue of <i&am...
Feb 1, 2022
UK-based graphene developer Paragraf has raised $60 million from the UK's Future Fund, the CIA-backed In-Q-Tel and other investors. The funds will be used to accelerate the company's device development, production and market launch.Parag...
Feb 1, 2022
Scientists at Rice University are using machine-learning techniques to fine-tune the process of synthesizing graphene from waste through flash Joule heating. The researchers describe in their new work how machine-learning models that adapt to vari...
Feb 1, 2022
In a new report now published on Science Advances, Paulo H. Michels-Brito, and a team of researchers in physics, inorganic chemistry, and physical chemistry in Germany and Norway, showed how bright non-iridescence structural coloration could be ea...
Feb 1, 2022
One recent obstacle to drug delivery research is an observed weak correlation between in vitro and in vivo performance. When nanoparticles are applied intravenously, they face several obstacles that differ from in vitro situations. Nanoparticles a...
Feb 1, 2022
First generation COVID-19 vaccines have been highly effective, but also have limitations. Now, scientists have developed a more targeted vaccine that, in animal studies, shows stronger, broader, and more durable protection in a single, low dose.
Feb 1, 2022
