On January 7, 2026. President Trump withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations, agreements, and treaties.

Classical computations rely on binary bits, which can be in either of the two states, 0 or 1. In contrast, quantum computing is based on qubits, which can be 0, 1, or a superposition or entanglement ...

1 School of Health and Nursing, Yunnan Open University, Kunming, China. 2 Huaning Yunengtou New Energy Development Co., Ltd., Yuxi, China. 3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest ...

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the electronic and optical properties of the Al- and F-doped ZnO by the first-principles study based on the density functional theory. The results show that the Al-3s, ...

Abstract: This article introduces an exact, first-principles method for beamforming with a receiver that is augmented by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). We demonstrate a way to synthesize ...

What if the secret to solving the world’s most complex problems wasn’t about thinking bigger, but thinking smaller, breaking things down to their most basic truths? This is the power of first ...

Illustration of a polaron in a crystal: the central bright sphere is the charge carrier, distorting the surrounding lattice. The wavy lines represent high-order Feynman diagrams for the ...

The fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based. – Oxford Languages First principle reasoning breaks down complex problems into their most basic, foundational ...

Introduction First Nations communities in Canada are disproportionately impacted by prenatal opioid exposure (POE) and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). In response, we developed a research ...

Positive parenting — many parents strive for it, but it doesn’t just happen. Positive parenting is an intentional act that takes training and practice. While in a perfect world, parents would start ...