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Nov 5, 2018
Google has enlisted NASA to help it prove quantum supremacy within months
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: quantum physics, supercomputing
The firm will pit its Bristlecone quantum processor against a classical supercomputer early next year and see which comes out on top.
Nov 5, 2018
I Took 9 Different Commercial DNA Tests and Got 6 Different Results
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Experts explained that the companies aren’t really doing science, so it’s not surprising that they produce different results.
Nov 5, 2018
Scientists Do Too Much Research on the Old Instead of the New
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: innovation, particle physics
Spending billions on a huge particle collider won’t give us the breakthrough discoveries we need.
Nov 5, 2018
Global governance must overcome ‘zeitgeist of mistrust’ to tackle world’s environmental issues
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in categories: geopolitics, governance, sustainability, treaties
Ha…which would be the bigger challenge? 🤔.
The growing mistrust and hostility towards global intuitions must be overcome if the world is to successfully tackle the environmental challenges it faces, the head of the University of Sussex’s global sustainability research centre has warned.
Professor Joseph Alcamo, Director of the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP), said high-quality research and closer engagement with citizens around the world was needed to overcome the growing zeitgeist that viewed organisations such as the UN as meddling amid a geopolitical backdrop of cancelled treaties, neglected obligations and frozen negotiations.
Nov 5, 2018
Pilot Built His Own Personal Aircraft Based On Drone Technology
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: drones
Nov 5, 2018
New virus could help destroy cancer
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A new study investigates the potential use of a virus against cancer. Researchers hope that the findings will be useful for different types of cancer.
Nov 5, 2018
Tiny device bends light to create radiation
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Huge facilities, typically the size of several football stadiums, usually generate synchrotron radiation. The new device is smaller than a match.
Nov 5, 2018
Physicists measured Earth’s mass using neutrinos for the first time
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: particle physics
Counting tiny particles that can zip straight through the Earth reveals what the planet is like on the inside.
Nov 5, 2018
Transforming Robot Changes Shape at Will
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Researchers have created a ‘modular’ robot which can analyze its environment and reconfigure itself to overcome obstacles and achieve tasks.
This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on October 31, 2018. It is a Nature Video production.
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