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Real-world experiment in Chicago suburbs achieves quantum entanglement across 52-mile fiber network

Channels: Engineering, Materials Science, Quantum Mechanics, Technology, DOE Science News,

Keywords: Quantum Computing, Quantum Networks, Quantum information science, Materials Science Division (MSD), Physical Sciences and Engineering

Chemists at Iowa State may have solved a puzzle of forensic science: How do you determine the age of a fingerprint? The chemists used mass spectrometry tools to analyze fingerprints and found clues in the fatty oils within the prints. And that could help tie a suspect to a crime scene.

Channels: All Journal News, Chemistry, Crime and Forensic Science, Technology,

Keywords: Fingerprints, Forensic Science, mass spectometry

“Geology is a 3D science, but everything we give to students is on a 2D piece of paper,” says University at Buffalo geologist Chris Lowry, creator of the Foldable Aquifer Project. “With the foldable aquifers, students don’t have to imagine what a 2D drawing looks like in 3D.”

Channels: Education, Geology, social media distr - auto for marked clients,

Keywords: Groundwater, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Geology, Earth Sciences, Water, Fresh Water, Aquifers

If you're looking for health and fitness story ideas, view these research highlights from Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, ACSM’s flagship research journal.

Channels: All Journal News, Bone Health, Cancer, Diabetes, Exercise and Fitness, Mental Health, Psychology and Psychiatry, Sports Medicine, Sports,

Keywords: American College of Sports Medicine, Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine Center, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Exercise and Sport Sciences Review, sedentary behavior, activity breaks, mood enhancement, physical activity and mental health, physical activity and cancer, Chemotheraphy, chemotherapy-periodized exercise program, physical activity and breast cancer, Diabetes and African American, physical activity and diabetes risk, Diabetes Risk Factors, physical activity and kids, Academic Performance, Bone Loss, occupational activities

S&T’s team of experts has traveled all over the nation to bring REDDI to state and local law enforcement agencies. REDDI is a two-day event that includes odor recognition trials and operationally relevant scenarios.

Channels: Government/Law, Terrorism, U.S. National Security, U.S. Politics,

Keywords: Canine, Detection Canine, Science And Technology, R&D, First Responder, Explosive Detection

Animal remains at the Takarkori rock shelter suggest human occupants shifted to a more mammal-heavy diet over time, as aridity of the region increased

Channels: Climate Science, Environmental Science, Evolution and Darwin, Nature, Paleontology, Wildlife, Staff Picks, PLOS ONE, Embargoed Feed - hidden, All Journal News,

LEMONT, IL – On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at noon CST, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary for Science Paul M. Dabbar will announce scientists from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago entangled photons across a 52-mile “quantum loop” in the Chicago suburbs. The quantum loop is a test bed designed to entangle quantum information at distance in real-world conditions. The successful experiment, funded by DOE, is seen as a foundational building block in the development of a quantum internet — potentially a highly secure and far-reaching network of quantum computers and other quantum devices.

Channels: All Journal News, Quantum Mechanics, Internet Trends, Technology, DOE Science News, Embargoed Feed - hidden,

Nanoscale photocatalysts are small, man-made particles that harvest energy from sunlight to produce liquid fuels and other useful chemicals. But even within the same batch, the particles tend to vary widely in size, shape and surface composition. That makes it hard for researchers to tell what’s really doing the work.

Channels: All Journal News, Chemistry,

Keywords: photocatalysis, photocatalyst, oxygen vacancies, Nanowires, Imaging, catalytic activity