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By Leah Crane Qubits may not need to be as supercooled as usual to work in a quantum computerCredit: Luca Petit for QuTech Quantum computing is heating up. For the first time, quantum computer chips have been operated at a temperature above -272°C, or 1 Kelvin. That may still seem frigid, but is just warm…

By Jessica Hamzelou More benefits of breastfeeding?Oksana Kuzmina/Alamy A healthy set of gut bacteria seems to play a vital role in protecting us from a host of disorders – but what about the billions of viruses that interact with these bacteria? Although babies seem to be born without any such viruses, their guts become home…

An Arizona man became the first in the state to survive coronavirus with a rare blood treatment called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (ECMO), The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday. Enes Dedic, 53, is among the first U.S. COVID-19 patients to survive with ECMO therapy and about one of 10 patients to survive the therapy worldwide. ECMO was…

It’s 9:30 in the morning and Ina Garten is emptying a bottle of Grey Goose into a giant cocktail pitcher. “Just what everybody needs, right?” she asks her audience on Instagram, where she has posted a video of herself preparing a Cosmopolitan for breakfast. In any normal circumstance, a beloved septuagenarian food icon encouraging viewers…

When Lex Frieden broke his hip, a Texas hospital decided against an operation. Frieden, a quadriplegic since 1967, would never walk, so the surgery wasn't necessary, the doctors reasoned, a decision that left him with lasting pain. Mack Taylor / Houston METRO hide caption toggle caption Mack Taylor / Houston METRO When Lex Frieden broke…