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Feb 12, 2022

Materials challenges and opportunities for quantum computing hardware

Posted by in categories: computing, information science, particle physics, quantum physics

The potential of quantum computers to solve problems that are intractable for classical computers has driven advances in hardware fabrication. In practice, the main challenge in realizing quantum computers is that general, many-particle quantum states are highly sensitive to noise, which inevitably causes errors in quantum algorithms. Some noise sources are inherent to the current materials platforms. de Leon et al. review some of the materials challenges for five platforms for quantum computers and propose directions for their solution.

Science, this issue p. eabb2823.

Feb 12, 2022

The lack of symmetry tends to diminish yield in the journey toward true #nuclear #fusion ignition, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists find

Posted by in category: physics

They are examining all million pieces of the puzzle to make the next #NIF shots “even.” #physics.

https://www.llnl.gov/news/research-looks-piston-model-unders…implosions

Feb 12, 2022

CRISPR Co-Founder Jennifer Doudna on Future of Biotech

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

Sixth Street Chief Science Adviser and Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, co-founder of the CRISPR genome editing technology 10 years ago, and Sixth Street Vice Chairman and Partner R. Martin Chavez join Emily Chang to discuss the future of CRISPR and its potential for commercialization.

Feb 12, 2022

How will aliens contact us? Declassified NSA document reveals top theories

Posted by in categories: evolution, privacy

Feb 12, 2022

What is quantum entanglement? All about this ‘spooky’ quirk of physics

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Feb 12, 2022

OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Feb 12, 2022

Tesla releases sneak peek of its Gigafactory Berlin’s ‘most advanced paint shop’ enabling new colors

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla has released a quick sneak peek of the paint shop inside Gigafactory Berlin, which the automaker has been taunting as “its most advanced paint shop” yet – and it should enable new colors.

It’s literally has been years since Tesla has launched a new vehicle paint color.

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Feb 12, 2022

Mystery Tsunami That Spread Around The World in 2021 Can Finally Be Explained

Posted by in category: futurism

Last year in August, a surprise tsunami in the South Atlantic Ocean mushroomed to distances over 10,000 kilometers (more than 6,000 miles) away, rippling through the North Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian Oceans.

It was the first time a tsunami had been recorded in three different oceans since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and scientists have only just now figured out how the waves were triggered.

The epicenter of the August earthquake was measured 47 kilometers (about 30 miles) below the ocean floor, which is much too deep to initiate a significant tsunami, even one with relatively small waves between 15 and 75 centimeters tall (6 to 30 inches).

Feb 12, 2022

Out of a total of 23 monkeys implanted with Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chips at the University of California Davis between 2017 and 2020, at least 15 reportedly died

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience

Via Business Insider and the New York Post, the news comes from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an animal-rights group that viewed over 700 pages of documents, veterinary records, and necropsy reports through a public records request at the university.

-Wren Graves.

Feb 12, 2022

How 6 Million Pounds of Electronic Waste gets Recycled a month

Posted by in category: materials

Only 17% of electronic waste, that they’re full of tiny, toxic materials that are hard and expensive to break down, is recycled.

That’s because devices aren’t designed to be recycled.