Amazon Web Services’ new “Ocelot” quantum computer chip could bring practical quantum computing five years closer, the company says.
Tag: Science
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ROBO-BEES TO THE RESCUE
The honey bees that pollinate our crops have been in trouble for more than 20 years due to a range of ills ranging from parasites to pesticides.
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OLD WIND TURBINE BLADES BECOME NEW ROADS IN CHINA
Over the rest of this decade, between 5,000 and 9,000 fiberglass blades from worn-out wind turbines will be stacking up in the U.S. alone, a number that could reach 20,000 a year by 2040, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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RESEARCHERS PULL THE PLUG ON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found a particular type of cell in small-cell lung cancers that makes the energy that enables the cancer to live and grow.
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MICROSOFT CLAIMS QUANTUM COMPUTER BREAKTHROUGH USING NEW FORM OF MATTER
Microsoft has unveiled its Majorana 1, a quantum computer processor designed to house a million “qubits” and using a form of matter theorized for a century but never created before in physical form, the company claims.
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RESEARCHERS MAP A BRAIN CIRCUIT ASSOCIATED WITH CREATIVITY
A team of scientists in the U.S., Britain, and Germany have identified a brain circuit that operates when people are engaged in creative pursuits such as drawing, writing poetry, or making music.
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DO GUT BACTERIA MAKE A “YOUTH MOLECULE?”
Researchers in China were trying to find a way to make it palatable to severely restrict calories.
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NEW OPTICAL FIBER CARRIES 10,000 TIMES MORE DATA
A team of scientists from Australia, China, and Singapore say they’ve invented an ultra-thin optical fiber that can carry 10,000 times as much data in the same amount of time as today’s conventional fibers.
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DISEASE-CARRYING MOSQUITOES HAVE SEX, THEN DIE
At Australia’s Macquarie University, researchers have found a way to poison female mosquitoes when they have sex.
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INJECTABLE GEL GROWS BONE
Osteoporosis causes bones to weaken and turn brittle and more breakable. The condition occurs when the body loses bone mass faster than it can be replaced and becomes more likely as we age.
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