Open-access computer now operational

ISLAMABAD   –  Scientists worldwide can use ion-based testbed at Sandia National Laboratories.A new Department of Energy open-access quantum computing testbed is ready for the public. Scientists from Indiana University recently became the first team to begin using Sandia National Laboratories’ Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed, or QSCOUT.Quantum […]

NASA microphone detects turbulence hundreds of miles away

ISLAMABAD-Whether it’s in the wake vortex of airplanes taking off or in seemingly calm air, there are few issues more meddlesome to flight than turbulence. Not only can these “horizontal tornadoes” make air travel uncomfortable and possibly dangerous, but attempts to avoid them can consume large amounts […]

Hubble spies an unusual planetary nebula

ISLAMABAD-Located around 5000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan), Abell 78 is an unusual type of planetary nebula.After exhausting the nuclear fuel in their cores, stars with a mass of around 0.8 to 8 times the mass of our Sun collapse to form […]

Experts recreate a mechanical cosmos for computer

ISLAMABAD-Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to predict astronomical events.Known to many as the world’s first analog computer, the Antikythera Mechanism is […]

New discovery explains blood pressure properties

ISLAMABAD   –  A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel wall.  The discovery helps explain the antihypertensive properties of tea and could lead […]

Brain Ion channel identified as new line to treat depression

ISLAMABAD-Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that works against depression by a completely different mechanism than existing treatments.Their study showed that ezogabine (also known as retigabine), a drug that opens KCNQ2/3 type of potassium channels in the brain, is […]