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Apr 6, 2024

Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes

Posted by in categories: chemistry, cosmology, quantum physics

If you were to throw a message in a bottle into a black hole, all of the information in it, down to the quantum level, would become completely scrambled. Because in black holes this scrambling happens as quickly and thoroughly as quantum mechanics allows. They are generally considered nature’s ultimate information scramblers.

Apr 6, 2024

Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results

Posted by in category: cosmology

The new BREAD experiment, which was designed to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter, has returned its first results.

Apr 6, 2024

“What we did here gives me goosebumps. We have shown that error correction is repeatable, it is working, and it is reliable”: Microsoft and Quantinuum scale new heights in quantum computing and error correction

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Microsoft is on the verge of a major quantum computing breakthrough in collaboration with Quantinuum. In a recent announcement, the tech giant indicated that it ran more than 14,000 experiments without encountering a single error.

The company attributes this to Quantinuum’s ion-trap hardware alongside its new qubit-virtualization system. It unlocked this impressive feat because the system allows the team to check logical qubits, thus presenting an opportunity to correct any errors without affecting the progress.

The researchers behind the breakthrough spread the quantum information across groups of connected quantum bits to form logic qubits. Per the report, the team used 30 qubits to make four logical qubits. It was through this process that the team was able to run countless experiments without encountering any errors.

Apr 6, 2024

China’s Aircraft Carrier Sacrificed?25-Year Electromagnetic Launch Research May Destroy Its Aircraft

Posted by in category: military

The development of electromagnetic catapults on China’s Fujian aircraft carrier began in 2001, which drew experience from the Shanghai Maglev Train project at the time. Land-based testing of the electromagnetic catapult for this Type 3 aircraft carrier can be traced back to 16 years ago. China has kept quiet about it, but satellite images from Western companies unveiled the truth.

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Apr 6, 2024

Search for Quantum Gravity Begins at South Pole

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Use my code SABINEH here https://partner.ekster.com/SabineHossenfelder to get up to 35%off Ekster’s walletsPhysicists will soon begin an experiment at the S…

Apr 6, 2024

Fermi Paradox: The Interdict Scenario

Posted by in category: existential risks

An exploration of the interdict scenario solution to the Fermi paradox. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel: htt…

Apr 6, 2024

‘Cancer-causing gas’ used in thousands of hospitals across US

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new report has raised alarms about a medical gas used in thousands of hospitals across the US that could be linked to cancer.

Ethylene oxide (EtO), a colourless, odourless gas used to sterilise medical equipment such as ventilators, surgical kits, catheters, and gowns, may cause cell mutations and increase cancer risks, including blood, stomach and breast cancer, according to recent research.

Concerns are particularly high for those living near sterilisation facilities where EtO can remain airborne for hours, causing repeated exposure.

Apr 6, 2024

UK startup breaks pressure record with its novel gun-type nuclear tech

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

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“The experiment deepens First Light’s ongoing partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, and helps the UK fusion leader to continue developing its unique amplifier approach to inertial fusion,” First Light Fusion explains.

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Apr 6, 2024

Exploring the Brain: from Synapses to Cognition

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, media & arts, neuroscience

The human brain is a remarkably complex organ, consisting of billions of interconnected neurons. It can be divided into distinct regions, each with specific functions, such as memory and decision-making. Cognition, which includes processes like perception, memory, language, and problem-solving, is all orchestrated by the brain. It’s through these cognitive processes that we perceive and interact with the world around us.

What is special about the structure of the brain compared to other organs? What is the principled way of understanding how the brain works? How does the brain contribute to our sense of Self? Is it possible to compare the brain with the computer? Is it possible to enhance the way that the brain works? What is the brain-basis of language?

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Apr 6, 2024

Squid-like plant that lives mostly underground is new to science

Posted by in category: science

For the first time in nearly a century, a new genus of plant has been discovered in Japan, but it looks more like a squid or an alien than a plant.

By James Woodford

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