Research Stash Weekly Review #46

Weekly Review #46 – Summary of the latest news In science and technology research across the world, carefully handpicked by team Research Stash

Researchers teleport information within a diamond

Researchers from the Yokohama National University have teleported quantum information securely within the confines of a diamond. The study has big implications for quantum information technology – the future of how sensitive information is shared and stored. Read More

Buried Genes Could Help Explain Why Humans Are The ‘Fat Primate’

It’s no secret that we humans tend to carry a little more padding on our bones compared to our closest living primate relatives. Even without a diet of doughnuts and Netflix, evolution has left us with bodies that hoard fat. Read More

Researchers Have Built a Plasma Jet That Can Touch Stuff, Like a Tiny Lightsaber

Nothing says welcome to the future like having your wound fixed by a tiny lightsaber. It might sound wild at first, but that’s basically what a new plasma technology advance is now promising. Read More

Scientists discover how plants breathe—and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’

Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels—the lungs of the leaf—to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) to their cells. Read More

Physicists Discover Entirely New Quantum States When Graphene Meets Itself

The super-thin ‘wonder material’ graphene has been shaking up science for years with its amazing properties, but things get really interesting when you stack this 2D nanomaterial up against itself. Read More

Ancient DNA reveals new twists in Neanderthal migration

In 1856, some curious remains turned up at a limestone quarry in the Neander Valley in Germany. While the skull fragment and bones vaguely resembled those of modern humans, the brow was too robust, and the bones were too hefty. Read More

Astronomers Have Decoded a Weird Signal Coming from a Strange, 3-Body Star System

Once or twice a day, a strange object in the Milky Way blinks at us. Now, astronomers think they know why. Read More

New AI programming language goes beyond deep learning

A team of MIT researchers is making it easier for novices to get their feet wet with artificial intelligence, while also helping experts advance the field. Read More

Physicists develop a new method to prove quantum entanglement

One of the essential features required for the realization of a quantum computer is quantum entanglement. Read More

Capuchin Monkeys May Have Been in Their Own Unique ‘Stone Age’ For at Least 3,000 Years

Tucked away in a remote valley of Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, a group of bearded capuchin monkeys uses round quartz stones to crack open cashew nuts on tree roots or other rocks. Beneath their feet, archaeologists have found at least 3,000-years-worth of discarded tools. Read More

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