A group of scientists have carried out one of the strongest tests of quantum phenomena by observing nonlocality in a network.
Patricia Contreras Tejada
Patricia Contreras Tejada is a freelance scientific communicator based in Spain. Her work has appeared in La Razón, El País, and Tamarind Literary Magazine. She studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy at the universities of Bristol and Oxford, and later pursued a Ph.D. in quantum technologies from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Madrid.
Storing unhackable data in metamaterials
Mechanical metamaterials are finding application in data storage with benefits such as immunity to degradation and hacker protection.
Beehive microbes hold the secrets to our cities’ health
The microbes in beehive debris vary widely between cities and neighborhoods, and could hold keys to assess the human populations’ health.
New type of superconductor discovered
For decades, it was thought that only two types of superconductors existed, but a new study has just uncovered a third.
Microbes may be key to making space exploration sustainable
Nine different ways of using technologies based on microbes that can make space research more circular and generally more sustainable.
Infrared: The future of anti-counterfeit tags?
A new study proposes a technique to print images on a special surface such that they can only be seen by authorized recipients.
Decisive push brings the first artificial intestine closer
Engineered tissue mimics the contractions of the small intestine to break down artificial materials simulating partially digested food.
Ranked: Which diet is best for the environment and your health?
A recent study ranks popular diets and finds that keto and paleo have four times the carbon footprint of vegan while also being less healthy.
Whales are giving up singing to attract mates
As humpback whale populations increase, two decades worth of data finds they are shifting from singing to fighting as their preferred mating strategy.
Machines can impersonate humans, but the subconscious brain is not fooled
People cannot reliably tell whether a text is produced by a human or a machine — but subconscious neural activity reveals the true identity.