Tag: switch

  • Health

    Study identifies hundreds of genetic ‘switches’ that affect height

    Researchers discovered hundreds of genetic “switches” that influence height, then performed tests that demonstrated how one such switch altered the function of a key gene involved in height difference.

    3–4 minutes
    Terence Capellini, researcher in Human Evolutionary Biology
  • Science & Tech

    Flipping the switch

    Harvard researchers have succeeded in creating quantum switches that can be turned on and off using a single photon, an achievement that could pave the way for the creation of highly secure quantum networks.

    4–5 minutes