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Coral Skeleton Formation Rate Determines Resilience To Acidifying Oceans

A new University of Wisconsin–Madison study has implications for predicting coral reef survival and developing mitigation strategies against having their bony skeletons weakened by ocean acidification.

Ultraprecise Atomic Clock Poised For New Physics Discoveries

University of Wisconsin–Madison physicists have made one of the highest performance atomic clocks ever, they announced Feb. 16 in the journal Nature.

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Smooth Sailing For Electrons In Graphene

Physicists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison directly measured, for the first time at nanometer resolution, the fluid-like flow of electrons in graphene.

Finding Some Wiggle Room In Semiconductor Quantum Computers

Classical computers rarely make mistakes, thanks largely to the digital behavior of semiconductor transistors. They are either on or they’re off, corresponding to the ones and zeros of classical bits.

Detailed Analysis of Old Star Provides Template for Heavy Element Formation

The fusion furnaces that are the universe’s stars create the elements from helium up to iron.