Physics

The study reveals that wild birds possess genetic predispositions to learn population-specific songs

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The study reveals that wild birds possess genetic predispositions to learn population-specific songs

Graphic abstract. Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.061 Genetic predispositions drive the learning of population-specific songs in wild birds, a new study from Stockholm University shows. By studying adult hosts that had been moved as eggs from the Netherlands to Sweden, the researchers found that the songs of the relocated birds resembled both their social … Read more

The study reveals that wild birds possess genetic predispositions to learn population-specific songs

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The study reveals that wild birds possess genetic predispositions to learn population-specific songs

Graphic abstract. Credit: Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.061 Genetic predispositions drive the learning of population-specific songs in wild birds, a new study from Stockholm University shows. By studying adult hosts that had been moved as eggs from the Netherlands to Sweden, the researchers found that the songs of the relocated birds resembled both their social … Read more

Tunable coupling of two distant superconducting spin qubits

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Tunable coupling of two distant superconducting spin qubits

The complete chip mounted on a printed circuit board. Credit: Pita-Vidal, Wesdorp et al. Quantum computers, computing devices that use the principles of quantum mechanics, can outperform classical computing in some complex optimization and processing tasks. In quantum computers, the classical units of information (bits), which can have the value 1 or 0, are replaced … Read more

First observation of a focused plasma wave in the Sun

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First observation of a focused plasma wave in the Sun

Numerical simulation of the MHD lens process in t/t0=0.185 based on the observed geometric shape of CH. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46846-z For the first time, scientists have observed plasma waves from a solar flare focused by a coronal hole, similar to the focusing of sound waves responsible for the Rotunda effect in architecture … Read more

How yeasts manage to compensate for the genetic imbalance of extra chromosomes

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How yeasts manage to compensate for the genetic imbalance of extra chromosomes

High-throughput proteomics pipeline and assembly of an inter-omic dataset for the study of aneuploidy in natural yeast isolates. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07442-9 Having extra chromosomes is usually a problem for an organism and can disrupt development or cause disease. But some cells benefit instead. For example, cancer cells or pathogenic yeast can use extra … Read more