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Sep 16, 2019

Researchers advance noise cancelling for quantum computers

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

A team from Dartmouth College and MIT has designed and conducted the first lab test to successfully detect and characterize a class of complex, “non-Gaussian” noise processes that are routinely encountered in superconducting quantum computing systems.

The characterization of non-Gaussian noise in superconducting quantum bits is a critical step toward making these systems more precise.

The joint study, published in Nature Communications, could help accelerate the realization of systems. The experiment was based on earlier conducted at Dartmouth and published in Physical Review Letters in 2016.

Sep 16, 2019

National Geographic

Posted by in category: futurism

See the Earth from 20 miles (32 km) above in this breathtaking 360° footage captured from a weather balloon.

Sep 16, 2019

EU agency starts space sustainability initiative

Posted by in categories: business, security, space, sustainability

PARIS — The European Union’s equivalent of a foreign ministry is starting a new effort to promote the need for sustainable space operations, but that effort will not initially include any new regulation of European satellite operators.

Carine Claeys, special envoy for space and head of the Space Task Force for the European External Action Service, said in a Sept. 13 panel discussion at Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week that the Safety, Security and Sustainability of Outer Space (3SOS) public diplomacy initiative will promote “ethical conduct” in space amid concerns about orbital debris.

The acronym, she noted, has a second meaning. “It is also three times SOS,” she said, “to create the case and a sense of urgency.”

Sep 16, 2019

NASA Funds New Lunar CubeSat Orbiter Mission

Posted by in category: space

NASA funds ambitious new CubeSat mission to prove navigation technology for crewed Artemis mission to the lunar surface.

Sep 16, 2019

How Southeast Asia’s start-up exit environment is maturing with tech in the vanguard

Posted by in category: futurism

The bottom line when it comes to Southeast Asia’s exit environment for start-ups is that the ecosystem is simply more built out today as a result of now having the right ingredients.


Tech companies in the region are now starting to change the question from – can we exit? – to – how would we like to exit?

Sep 16, 2019

Engineered Bioweapons Are the New Security Threat, Here’s What You Need to Know

Posted by in categories: alien life, government, military

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Sep 16, 2019

Mentors, Encouragement, Hands-on Learning Boost Girls’ Interest in STEM Substantially

Posted by in categories: computing, education, employment, engineering, mathematics

Generally girls lose interest in STEM careers as they get older. But, according to a new study, small changes at school and at home can have a profound impact on how girls perceive STEM careers, how confident they feel in class and how likely they are to pursue STEM academically and into their careers.

The study, “Closing the STEM Gap,” published today by Microsoft, surveyed more than 6,000 girls and young women on their interests and perceptions of science, technology, engineering and math. It found that girls tended to lose interest in STEM as they headed toward adulthood. And, by the time they’d finished high school, their interest had dropped substantially. For example, the report found that interest in computer science among females dropped 27 percentage points between middle school and college. According to the report: “In middle school … 31 percent of girls believe that jobs requiring coding and programming are ‘not for them.’ In high school, that percentage jumps up to 40. By the time they’re in college, 58 percent of girls count themselves out of these jobs.”

But, the study found, countermeasures both large and small can have a profound effect, including:

Sep 15, 2019

F-35 and F-22 RIP?: Researchers in Austria Have Created a Working Quantum Radar

Posted by in categories: military, quantum physics

RIP F-22 and F-35?

Sep 15, 2019

Water found for first time on ‘habitable’ planet

Posted by in category: space

Astronomers discover water in the atmosphere of a “habitable” planet orbiting a distant star.

Sep 15, 2019

A Solar-Powered Hyperloop Train Could Soon Be a Reality

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability, transportation

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The Hyperloop may still be a decade from becoming a reality, but already people are trying to improve upon the concept. Chinese architecture firm MAD is developing an eco-friendly version of the futuristic transportation system, one that would utilize solar and wind energies to operate.

Earlier this week, MAD announced that it was working with US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies on a new sustainable design with the aim of creating “enhanced connectivity between cities and people,” according to CNN. The proposed Hyperloop draws its power from a system of solar panels and wind turbine forests.