Light receptor may be key in how animals use Earth's magnetic field
...l physics as described by the complex equations of quantum mechanics. The National Institutes of Health and the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust funded the work. Migratory birds and other animals, in many cases, cannot distinguish between north and south based on magnetic information alone. They can only det......er which permits handling one- and two-dimensional quantum systems with a high degree of accuracy. Operating in the area of low dimensional magnetism, Schollwck intends to study materials in high outer magnetic fields by combining this method with others. He will also explore certain reaction-diffusion proce...Human stem cell research leads Science's top ten list of the best scientific advances in 1999
...e way for the creation of a completely new type of quantum matter-a counterpart to the famous Bose-Einstein condensate ( Science's Top Advance of 1995) made from the other type of elementary particle, the boson. Complex Life Gets a Billion Years Older: This year researchers pushed back the beginnings of ...Most highly endowed promotion prize for fourteen scientists and scholars
...ch is directed at the basic questions of combining quantum and gravitational physics in order to gain a uniform understanding of all physical forces, from potent nuclear power to electroweak forces and the force of gravity, and to achieve a uniform description of the numerous elementary particles constitutin...Chemistry leaders expect longer lives, less pollution in the future
...ical chemistry, largely related to applications of quantum mechanics." Other chemists focus on how their field can help limit the environmental impact of Earth's human population. Sir John Meurig Thomas, professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, looks forward to "the hydrogen-burni...Revolutionary genomics project launched
...al sciences are as significant as the changes that quantum physics brought to the physical sciences in the early 20th century. UC Davis has undertaken this very ambitious initiative in order to ensure its international position as a leader in the biological sciences." The impact of this new field on the pra...How biological molecules move electrons: Simplicity trumps complexity
...re accomplished by means of a nearly instantaneous quantum mechanical phenomenon called tunneling: The electrons tunnel through the protein from one redox center to the next. About a third of all known proteins are electron-transfer proteins. The new findings have some important implications. They suggest, ...A dream team tackles the brain
...iversity scientists will applyadvanced theories in quantum physics to observe what occurs at brain synapses -the sites of communication between neurons. The ability to make theseobservations could ultimately lead to a better understanding of how the brainfunctions. Kristen Harris, professor of biology, worki...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...ist Linus Pauling, who had tappedthe principles of quantum mechanics. Channing Robertson, the Ruth G. and William K. Bowes Professor of ChemicalEngineering, a member of the four-person Bio-X executive committee, likes totell about another example. When he was hired in 1970, Robertson says, he wascharged with...Science Announces Top Ten Research Advances Of 1998
...e U.S. and Europe teleported information about the quantum state of a particleto a different location, where ...icalparticle. This achievement is key for creating quantum computers, ultra-powerfulmachines that will one day offer incredible computing speed and power.Scien...'Molecular' Computers? Munich/UD Researchers Report First Glimpse Of Artificial Molecule In Action
...es of electrons inside box-like structuresknown as quantum dots or "artificial atoms," Blick says, researchers can harnessand manipulate quantized energies. Pairs of artificial atoms have been coupledto create artificial molecules. And, groups of artificial molecules eventuallymight be assembled to form basi...Transposable Elements May Have Had A Major Role In The Evolution Of Higher Organisms
...n of these "higher" forms of lifeobviously meant a quantum increase in the number of genes needed to directcellular functions. A scientist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland,Adrian Bird, has argued that in order to keep the genes working in an orderlymanner, higher organisms developed two global gene...