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Dec 14, 2018
This Could Be the Best Quantum Computer Yet
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics
A startup based in Maryland has released and tested an impressive new quantum computer that demonstrates the power of an occasionally overlooked quantum computing architecture.
Companies like IBM, Google, and Rigetti are developing new kinds of computer processors that rely on the mathematics of subatomic particles to potentially perform calculations difficult for classical computers to do. These devices use superconductors as the basis for their qubits. A company called IonQ, however, has now announced a state-of-the-art system that relies on the quantum nature of atoms themselves, and it’s one of the best-performing quantum computers yet.
Dec 14, 2018
‘Marie’ Is the First Life-Sized, 3D-Printed Human Body
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical
Marie—a five-foot-one, fifteen-pound 3D printed body—could be used to help create better radiation treatments for cancer.
Dec 14, 2018
Clothing patch is like a personal heating system
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
A new flexible patch sewn into your clothes could one day keep you warm—and lower your electricity bill at the same time.
Dec 14, 2018
Surprises are in store for the New Horizons’ fly by
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
There will be no New Year’s Eve revelry for those working on NASA’s New Horizon’s space probe. They will need to be stone cold sober with their wits about them when, on New Year’s Day 2019, it whizzes past one of the fossil building blocks of the planets and one of the most primitive bodies in the Solar System.
Dec 14, 2018
Tiny implantable wireless devices could help people repair nerves and lose weight
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: electronics
Implanted electronics are typically large, require batteries, and sometimes need replacement—but new technology could change that.
Some of the devices even dissolve in the body once their work is done.
Dec 14, 2018
An Anti-Aging Vaccine?
Posted by Mike Ruban in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Researchers from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School are attempting to defy and reverse the biological aging process by developing a therapeutic vaccine that would bolster the essential repair and regeneration processes of cells.
This is potentially important research since the current life expectancy at birth is around 78.8 years in the USA.
In the United States, about 46 million people are above the age of 65. This number is expected to double by 2060, therefore increasing age-related health issues, reports Census.org.
Dec 14, 2018
The year’s brightest comet streaks by Earth this weekend
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Dec 14, 2018
Facebook’s latest privacy scandal: The private photos of millions of users were accidentally shared with 1,500 apps
Posted by Michael Lance in category: cybercrime/malcode
“We’re sorry this happened,” Facebook said in a statement after disclosing yet another privacy failing.
Facebook said on Friday in a developer-focused blog post that it had discovered a nasty bug in its photo software.
The bug allowed authorized app programmers to access photos that people had uploaded to Facebook but not publicly shared, as well as those posted on Facebook’s Marketplace software or Facebook Stories, the post said.