University of Washington researchers have discovered they can detect atomic "breathing," or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted when stimulated by a laser. The sound of this atomic "breath" could help researchers encode and transmit quantum information. The researchers also developed a device that could serve as a new type of building block for quantum technologies, which are widely anticipated to have many future applications in fields such as computing,…

Apple’s big keynote presentation to kick off WWDC 2023 was over two hours long. I’m as excited about new products as the next person, but who has that kind of time? If you want to catch up on everything Apple announced but don’t have two hours to watch the video, we’ve got your back. Here’s a quick summary of the announcements, with links to our further coverage when you want to dive in and learn more. 15-inch MacBook Air Apple The M2 MacBook is getting a big brother, as we’ve long suspected. It’s essentially…

CHICAGO -- More than 70% of patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma had responses to the novel bispecific antibody talquetamab plus subcutaneous daratumumab (Darzalex Faspro), a preliminary trial showed. The higher of two doses of talquetamab led to an overall response rate (ORR) of 84%, including very good partial response (VGPR) or better in 74%. The lower dose plus daratumumab resulted in an ORR of 71.4% and a VGPR or better of 57.1%. A…

Apple finally unveiled the Vision Pro mixed reality headset at WWDC 2023. The device will retail for $3,499 when it’s released next year, but the price might be warranted considering the high-end design and specs of Apple’s first AR/VR wearable. This isn’t your average VR headset geared solely at gaming. The Vision Pro represents Apple’s first building block toward designing the future of computing. And to get there, the Vision Pro needs one more thing: A generative AI service comparable to ChatGPT.…

the sound team for Diablo IV needed to determine what a Treasure Beast might sound like. In the fiction, it's a massive, taurus-headed behemoth—complete with rows of yellowed porpoise-like teeth and a cudgel the size of a small town. It looks like something Jabba the Hutt might keep as a pet, or one of those elite mobs roaming the wilderness that you know, in the depths of your soul, cannot, and should not, be soloed. How do you honor the Treasure Beast's majesty? How do you make it sound huge and menacing, something not to…

For over a century, researchers have thought that the patterns of brain activity that define our experiences, hopes and dreams are determined by how different brain regions communicate with each other through a complex web of trillions of cellular connections. Now, a study led by from researchers at Monash University's Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health has examined more than 10,000 different maps of human brain activity and found that the overall shape of a person's brain exerts a far greater influence on how we…

Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth -- the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to exist. Thanks to the capabilities of the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope and careful analyses from the research team, a new study lends critical insight into the complex chemical interactions that occur in the first galaxies in the early universe. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign astronomy and physics professor Joaquin Vieira…

INL's battery lab, where the team tests different rates of cathode degradation. Credit: INL The key to developing an electric vehicle battery that can charge as quickly as it takes to fill a car with gasoline lies within its materials. High-nickel, layered-oxide cathode materials have potential to…

Health professionals are in urgent need of new antibiotics to tackle resistant bacteria. Researchers at the University of Zurich and the company Spexis have now modified the chemical structure of naturally occurring peptides to develop antimicrobial molecules that bind to novel targets in the bacteria's metabolism. Each year, more than five million people worldwide die as a result of bacteria that are resistant to most common antibiotics. New antibiotics are urgently needed to ensure that bacterial infections in patients can…

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma led a study recently published in Science Advances that proves the principle of using spatial correlations in quantum entangled beams of light to encode information and enable its secure transmission. Light can be used to encode information for high-data rate transmission, long-distance communication and more. But for secure communication, encoding large amounts of information in light has additional challenges to ensure the privacy and integrity of the data being transferred.…

Apple/Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNETApple just wrapped up the opening keynote of its annual WWDC developer conference and it did not disappoint. During the event, Apple announced several new hardware products including a 15-inch MacBook Air, an updated Mac Studio, an Apple Silicon-powered Mac Pro -- and the iPhone maker finally unveiled its mixed-reality headset, Apple Vision Pro. And while Apple Vision Pro stole the show, Apple announced several new software features while it previewed iOS 17, iPadOS 17, WatchOS…

By SARA CLINE - Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana was passed by the Senate on Monday and is likely to reach the governor's desk in the coming days.The bill, which passed in the Senate mainly along party lines, 29-10, would prohibit hormone treatments, gender-affirming surgery and puberty-blocking drugs for transgender minors in…

ERIC OLSON Associated Press At least five of the record-tying 10 Southeastern Conference teams in the NCAA Tournament won regionals and will take the next step on the “Road to Omaha.”No. 2 national seed Florida and No. 5 LSU wrapped up regionals Monday and join fellow SEC members No. 15 South Carolina, No. 16 Alabama and Tennessee in super regionals beginning Friday.The SEC could advance two more teams out of regionals. No. 12 Kentucky and Texas A&M were playing finals…

Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date. The project, which consists of a series of studies in which researchers from the German Primate Center -- Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ) were also involved, provides new insights into the evolution of primates, including humans, and their diversity. In baboons, for example, hybridization and gene flow between…

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