New Phase of Matter Opens Portal to Extra Time Dimension

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July 29, 2022

Quantum Physics New Phase of Matter Opens Portal to Extra Time Dimension Physicists have devised a mind-bending error-correction technique that could dramatically boost the performance of quantum computers By Zeeya Merali

Pollution Eating Too Much Protein Makes Pee a Problem Pollutant in the U.S. Protein-packed diets add excess nitrogen to the environment through urine, rivaling pollution from agricultural fertilizers By Sasha Warren

Climate Change Extreme Heat Breaks Daily Records across the Northeast Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under heat advisories over the weekend By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Engineering How to Make Sure Wildfire Shelters Save Firefighters' Lives Fiery tests can assess new prototypes of portable shelters, the last line of defense for wildland firefighters By Lou Dzierzak

Privacy Data Vu: Why Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again Data breaches involve the same old mistakes; we must break the cycle By Daniel J. Solove,Woodrow Hartzog

Epidemiology 'Their Lives Are Worth More Than Ours': Experts in Africa Slam Global Response to Monkeypox Earlier action by the World Health Organization and Western countries could have helped control monkeypox in Africa By Paul Adepoju

Public Health Graphic: Many States That Restrict or Ban Abortion Don't Teach Kids about Sex and Pregnancy States that protect abortion rights tend to have more comprehensive sex ed policies By Fionna M. D. Samuels

Epidemiology New York Polio Case Revives Questions about Live Oral Vaccine An unvaccinated person became infected with the virus, which can be traced to a live, weakened virus commonly used in the oral polio vaccine abroad By William Petri,The Conversation US

Mathematics The Elusive Origin of Zero Who decided that nothing should be something? By Shaharir bin Mohamad Zain,Frank Swetz

Archaeology How Humans' Ability to Digest Milk Evolved from Famine and Disease A landmark study is the first major effort to quantify how lactose tolerance developed By Ewen Callaway,Nature magazine

Planetary Science Seismic Missions Could Reveal the Solar System's Underworlds Seismology has been a long-overlooked tool in planetary exploration, but the success of NASA's InSight lander has reignited the field By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Neuroscience Unexpected Brain Chemistry Is behind the Element of Surprise  Animals learn especially well from surprising events, and the hormone noradrenaline may be one reason why By S. Hussain Hussain Ather

FROM THE STORE Extraterrestrials and the Search for Life Do aliens exist? The enduring mystery of whether we're alone in the universe is a question that continues to drive scientific study into groundbreaking directions. This collection examines the latest thinking in the search for life, from discussing why we haven't found evidence of aliens so far to determining where and how to conduct the search to opening up the possibilities for what otherworldly life could truly look like.

BRING SCIENCE HOME Stacking Liquids You can stack books and stack blocks, but did you know you can also stack liquids? See if you can build your own liquid rainbow--in a single cup!  You probably know that when solid objects are placed in liquid, they can sink or float. But did you know that liquids can also sink or float? In fact, it is possible to stack different layers of liquids on top of one another. The key is that all the different layers must have different densities. You can stack them by picking several liquids with a range of densities or by varying the density of one liquid by adding chemicals such as sugar or salt to it. If you choose colored liquids or add food coloring to each layer, you can even create a whole rainbow of colors in one single glass! Want to see for yourself? In this science activity you will stack several liquids—one by one—and create a colorful density column!

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