IBM unveils world's largest quantum computer at 433 qubits
9 November 2022
IBM's new quantum computer, Osprey, is more than triple the size of its previous record-breaking Eagle processor
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Liver disease deaths in England and Wales are up since pandemic began
8 November 2022
Deaths from liver disease and diabetes have been higher than expected in England and Wales since the coronavirus pandemic began
COP27 climate summit will discuss reparations for affected countries
8 November 2022
“Loss and damage” has been included in the agenda at COP27, with vulnerable countries demanding funding to deal with the severe impacts of climate change
A daily dose of aspirin raises the risk of falls among older people
7 November 2022
In a trial of more than 16,000 people over 70, those who took a low-dose of aspirin every day were just under 10 per cent more likely to have a fall that required hospital care than those on placebo
'Divorce' rates are higher in birds that travel long distances
7 November 2022
Break-ups are more common in bird species with longer migrations, probably because partners return home at different times and don’t wait for each other to breed
Planets around graveyard star were consumed before Earth was even born
5 November 2022
A strangely cool star that has been dead for more than 10 billion years contains levels of some elements that indicate it ate its own planets
World’s largest plant for making methanol fuel from CO2 opens in China
4 November 2022
The first commercial-scale plant for making methanol from carbon dioxide will save an estimated 500,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year compared with making methanol from coal
A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of iron crystals
3 November 2022
X-ray observations show that a distant magnetar may have a surface made of a strange material somewhere between a solid and a fluid instead of a gaseous one like most stars
Neutrinos have been spotted coming from a strange, shrouded galaxy
3 November 2022
Cosmic neutrinos are tough to track – it has only been done once before – but researchers from the IceCube observatory in Antarctica have tracked 79 of them back to their home galaxy
Cane toads fling their tongues so hard the recoil slaps their heart
3 November 2022
The first X-ray footage of a toad gulping down a meal reveals that its tongue recoils into its body further than it stretches out to grab prey
