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We examine the effect of the stress tensor of a quantum matter field, such as the electromagnetic field, on the spectrum of primordial gravity waves expected in inflationary cosmology. We find that the net effect is a small reduction in the power spectrum, especially at higher frequencies, but which has a different form from that described by the usual spectral index. Thus this effect has a characteristic signature, and is in principle observable. The net effect is a sum of two contributions, one of which is due to quantum fluctuations of the matter field stress tensor. The other is a quantum correction to the graviton field due to coupling to the expectation value of this stress tensor. Both contributions are sensitive to initial conditions in the very early universe, so this effect has the potential to act as a probe of these initial conditions.

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J. Hsiang, L. Ford, K. Ng, et. al. Thu, 5 Jan 17 31/58.

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A future in which human workers are replaced by machines is about to become a reality at an insurance firm in Japan, where more than 30 employees are being laid off and replaced with an artificial intelligence system that can calculate payouts to policyholders.

Insurance firm Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance is making 34 employees redundant and replacing them with IBM’s Watson Explorer AI.

Continuous-flow system went from synthesis to dosage forms in hours.

Stu Borman

Drug manufacturers typically produce drugs in batches in large factories. But a new trend is developing in the pharmaceutical industry to reduce infrastructure costs by using small continuous-flow systems to make drug doses on demand.

The CO₂ detector space mission patch.

What it Does.

At Ginkgo Bioworks, biodesign is modeled after software design. And with $150 million in funding, it’s already scaling like a tech company.

Language translation is hard. This device wants to make it easy and take place in real-time.

Working toward moo-less meat.

My, what big eyes you’ll have.

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