Author: Ben Daviss

In an internal document, researchers at Google have reported demonstrating “quantum supremacy” – the ability of a quantum computer to outperform its state-of-the-art conventional cousins. Google claims that its’ quantum computer cranked through a calculation which stumped the most powerful of today’s supercomputers. The calculation had no practical value other than to test a computer’s...

The plummeting price of renewable energy is leaving nuclear power plants in the dust. To salvage the billions invested in these plants, the U.S. Department of Energy is giving them a new mission: making hydrogen. In a pilot program, three U.S. nuke sites are being outfitted with electrolysis systems that will split water into hydrogen...