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Quantum simulations of the hydroxide anion and hydroxyl radical are reported, employing variational quantum algorithms for near-term quantum devices. The energy of each species is calculated along the dissociation curve, to obtain information about the stability of the molecular species being investigated. It is shown that simulations restricted to valence spaces incorrectly predict the hydroxyl radical to be more stable than the hydroxide anion. Inclusion of dynamical electron correlation from nonvalence orbitals is demonstrated, through the integration of the variational quantum eigensolver and quantum subspace expansion methods in the workflow of N-electron valence perturbation theory, and shown to correctly predict the hydroxide anion to be more stable than the hydroxyl radical, provided that basis sets with diffuse orbitals are also employed.

The ERNIE bot could be China’s most notable entry in the race to create lifelike AI bots.

One of the world’s biggest AI (artificial intelligence) and internet firms, Baidu, had its shares skyrocket more than 14 percent on Tuesday after the Beijing-based search engine titan announced it would launch its own ChatGPT-style service.

What is ERNIE?


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The company’s “ERNIE Bot” AI chatbot, also known as “Wenxin Yiyan” in Chinese, will complete internal testing and launch in March. Much excitement has developed towards what may be China’s most notable entry in the race to create lifelike AI bots.

It will produce three times more energy in winter months.

AlpinSolar, a joint venture between three Swiss companies, has successfully completed installing 5,000 solar panels on the Lake Muttsee Dam in Switzerland, Reuters.

Sun and snow generate more energy.


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With a project like AlpinSolar, the Swiss have just begun their large-scale transition from nuclear power to green energy, as planned in 2011. Interesting Engineering has previously reported how Switzerland built a massive ‘water battery’ to store its renewable energy.

With its state-of-the-art design, it provides endless possibilities for exploration and adventure!

A research team at the Chinese University in Hong Kong recently demonstrated that, despite giving off an aura of extraterrestrial technology to onlookers, it’s not out-of-this-world for objects to traverse between water and air in the blink of an eye.

Mirs-X-a revolutionary new quadcopter prototype.


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This remarkable capability was highlighted by videos from various military branches showing Unidentified Aerial Phenomena performing such a feat.

Most of those at risk reside in just four countries.

15 million people are at risk of floods caused by glacial lakes, with more than half of those exposed living in just four countries, according to a press release.

Which countries are most vulnerable to glacial flooding?


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Critically, the most vulnerable regions are neither those with the most lakes nor those expanding most quickly. Instead, it’s the size of the population, how close people are to a glacial lake, and, most significantly, how well-prepared they are for a flood that determines how dangerous the somewhat overlooked natural hazard is.

The death toll now stands at over 5,000.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to go down as one of the deadliest this decade, according to a report from Reuters.

The epicenter of the earthquake is located 16 miles (26 km) east of the Turkish city of Nurdagi, 11 miles (18 km) below the Earth’s surface on the East Anatolian Fault.


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Scientists have estimated that the earthquake resulted in a more than 62 miles (100 km) rupture between the Anatolian and Arabian plates. Here is what scientists have to say about the ongoing disaster.

Get your helmet on and be ready for the fallout from an emerging battle royale in AI. Here’s the deal. In one corner stands Microsoft with their business partner OpenAI and ChatGPT. Leering anxiously in the other corner is Google, which has announced that they will be making available a similar type of AI, based on their long-standing insider AI app known as Lambda sounds kind of techie, which is a stark contrast to “ChatGPT” (seems kind of light and airy). Google, perhaps realizing that a name embellishment was needed, has opted to put forth its variant of Lambda and anointed it with a new name “Bard”.

I’ll say more about Bard in a moment, hang in there.


Google has announced they will be releasing a generative AI app called Bard, based on their Lambda AI app. Microsoft is going to incorporate OpenAI ChatGPT into Bing. The AI wars are getting avidly underway. Here’s the scoop.