For quantum computers to outperform their classical counterparts, they need more quantum bits, or qubits. State-of-the-art ...

Nanoscale device employs magnetic tunnel junctions to convert thermal noise into binary signals for random number generation.

After the first complete sequence of a human genome is obtained, the next challenge will be to discover and understand the function and variation of genes and, ultimately, to understand how such ...

Tired of out-of-memory errors derailing your data analysis? There's a better way to handle huge arrays in Python.

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more ...

Carbohydrate structures decorate the surface of pathogens and malignant cells and could be exploited as potential targets for vaccine design. Indeed, most vaccines against bacterial infections are ...

More than a decade after they began working at an enormous mound in Israel's Upper Galilee region, two archaeologists reflect on their work In 1997, archaeologists Sharon Herbert and Andrea Berlin ...