A team of physicists led by the University of British Columbia has demonstrated a novel way to precisely control electrical currents by leveraging the interaction between an electron’s spin and its orbital rotation around the nucleus. An artist’s impression of the dissolving of the electronic ‘traffic jam:’ the red atoms …

  Paid search is a highly-competitive marketplace, with more than 160 billion monthly Google searches and 95.3% of clicks going to the top four results. Digital ad spend worldwide is expected to reach over $375 billion by 2021, so the pressure is on to boost performance and increase conversions. To …

  You can buy an 8K TV now, not that you should. Even if you ignore our advice and drop big bucks on an 8K panel, there’s not much content available in 8K. You can, however, use the upcoming Galaxy S20 to record your own 8K video. Just don’t expect …

Bacteriophages — viruses that infect bacteria — are considered distinct from cellular life owing to their inability to carry out most biological processes required for reproduction. Typically, they have small genomes and depend on their bacterial hosts for replication. Now, an international team of scientists has discovered 351 new species …

Two members of a new class of glycopeptide antibiotics — the previously known glycopeptide antibiotic complestatin and a newly-discovered compound called corbomycin — have a unique mechanism of action against bacteria, according to a paper published in the journal Nature. TEM image of Bacillus subtilis grown in corbomycin shows a …

Scientists have long known that immune cells migrate to the site of an infection, which individuals experience as inflammation. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Washington and Northwestern University has uncovered evidence that this gathering is not just a consequence of immune activation; immune cells ‘count’ how …

  Samsung is making big changes to the Galaxy S lineup this year. The consumer electronics giant just unveiled the Galaxy S20 series at its Unpacked event, and the era of 5G is now fully upon us. The Galaxy S20 comes in three flavors, all of which support 5G networks. …

  Samsung kicked off its Unpacked 2020 event not with the S20 but with the Galaxy Z Flip. The company’s second foldable phone is a bit less ambitious than the Galaxy Fold, but it’s probably a more desirable device. It has a classic flip phone design with a large foldable …

  On Sunday, newly minted Oscar winner Taika Waititi took the opportunity to slam Apple for its terrible butterfly keyboards. When asked what writers in Hollywood should ask for in the next round of talks with Apple, Waititi joked: “Apple needs to fix those keyboards. They are impossible to write …

Like giraffes, lions, hyenas and grey kangaroos, female Burrunan dolphins (Tursiops australis), a species of bottlenose dolphin endemic to southern Australian coastal waters, form social bonds with kin and other females in similar reproductive condition, while maintaining moderate and loose social bonds with some same-sex individuals, according to new research …