On the heels of some big quantum computing advances in 2024, at least one company is telling businesses to get “quantum ready ...

Research supporting the amyloid hypothesis—the idea that Alzheimer's is caused by a buildup of amyloid plaques in the ...

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Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

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Murphy Woodhouse is the Mountain West News Bureau reporter at Boise State Public Radio. He spent over a decade reporting in Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico before returning home to Idaho in 2023.