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Oct 18, 2016
Gene therapy to reverse certain forms of blindness looks like it’s less than a year away
Posted by Bruno Henrique de Souza in category: biotech/medical
Spark Therapeutics is within striking distance of a landmark green light from the FDA for its treatment for certain forms of blindness.
Oct 18, 2016
Entangled Wormholes Could Pave the Way for Quantum Gravity
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: cosmology, quantum physics
The weird quantum phenomenon of entanglement could produce shortcuts between distant black holes.
Oct 18, 2016
Scientists May Have Reactivated The Gene That Causes Neurons To Stop Growing
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
In Brief:
- Scientists have found a way of reactivating genes in mice to continue neuron growth.
- The development could be key to helping patients with paralysis and neurodegenerative diseases.
Oct 18, 2016
New 3D wiring technique brings scalable quantum computers closer to reality
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Great advancement around how to make QC available on small scale devices.
Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo led the development of a new extensible wiring technique capable of controlling superconducting quantum bits, representing a significant step towards to the realization of a scalable quantum computer.
“The quantum socket is a wiring method that uses three-dimensional wires based on spring-loaded pins to address individual qubits,” said Jeremy Béjanin, a PhD candidate with IQC and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Waterloo. He and Thomas McConkey, PhD candidate from IQC and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Waterloo, are lead authors on the study that appears in the journal Physical Review Applied as an Editors’ Suggestion and is featured in Physics. “The technique connects classical electronics with quantum circuits, and is extendable far beyond current limits, from one to possibly a few thousand qubits.”
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Oct 18, 2016
Researchers accidentally turn carbon dioxide into ethanol
Posted by Aleksandar Vukovic in category: sustainability
Oct 18, 2016
New Horizons Spacecraft Is Approaching a Mysterious Red Object
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
NASA’s New Horizons space probe is currently speeding towards a mysterious Kuiper Belt Object known as MU69. Recent observations of the distant object indicate a very reddish surface—possibly even redder than the splotches found on Pluto.
Oct 18, 2016
MIT nuclear fusion record marks latest step towards unlimited clean energy
Posted by Blair Erickson in categories: innovation, nuclear energy
We are closer than ever to a world of unlimited energy.
Scientists create the highest plasma pressure ever recorded with the Alcator C-Mod reactor in a breakthrough for clean energy technology.
Oct 18, 2016
This Company Has Acquired the Most Artificial Intelligence Startups
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: robotics/AI
Mergers and acquisitions of artificial intelligence startups have been on the rise since 2011. This company is leading the trend.
By Tess Townsend
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Oct 18, 2016
Robotic ALIAS puts Cessna Caravan through basic maneuvers
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: military, robotics/AI
The ALIAS system, developed by DARPA, could cut down on crew requirements in military and civilian small aircraft by taking control with a robotic arm. Although it’s still a ways off production, the system has been successfully demonstrated on a Cessna Caravan aircraft.