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A tiny cooling device can automatically reset malfunctioning components of a quantum computer. Its performance suggests that manipulating heat could also enable other autonomous quantum devices.

Quantum computers aren’t yet fully practical because they make too many errors. In fact, if qubits – key components of this type of computer – accidentally heat up and become too energetic, they can end up in an erroneous state before the calculation even begins. One way to “reset” the qubits to their correct states is to cool them down.

Image: chalmers university of technology, lovisa håkansson.

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Brain scans show fasting literally rewires your brain:

Brain scans of participants in a recent study showed changes in brain areas that regulate appetite and addiction, including the inferior frontal orbital gyrus. At the same time, tests of stool samples and blood showed changes in the gut bacteria, especially with types called Coprococcus comes and Eubacterium hallii.

The research was published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

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Japan-based Kirin Holdings has showcased its new electric spoon at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) in Las Vegas.

What makes it different from any other ordinary spoon in the market is that it can make the food seem saltier, and by that, it also means tastier.

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As AGI talk sparks job loss fears, new WEF report projects AI-driven net job growth by 2030.

T-Mobile has announced the purchase of digital outdoor advertisement company Vistar Media.

Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they’ll still need to overcome engineering challenges to scale up fusion energy.

Engineers have all the technology they need to make flying cars, but there are still some barriers to getting these sci-fi mainstays off the ground.

Metamaterials can reverse light’s path in time within nanoseconds, defying conventional physics.

There’s only a few things standing in our way.