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.
Tag: Science
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.
DO GUT BACTERIA MAKE A “YOUTH MOLECULE?”
Researchers in China were trying to find a way to make it palatable to severely restrict calories.
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.
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.
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.
SWISS SCIENTISTS PERFECT A BETTER CHOCOLATE
Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that grow in pods surrounded by pulp, which are trash. But they’re really not, according to researchers at ETH, Switzerland’s technical university.
CANADIAN RESEARCHERS INVENT ALL-PURPOSE ELECTRIC SLIME
At Canada’s University of Guelph, researchers combined oleic acid, found in olive oil, and amino acids—the components of proteins—in a solution that was 90 percent water.
JUST OWNING A SMARTPHONE “DRAINS YOUR BRAIN,” STUDY FINDS
Owning a smartphone and having it near you dilutes your mental functioning, according to a study from the University of Texas at Austin.
IF YOU’RE SICK, THE CLUES MAY BE INSIDE YOUR EYES
Researchers using machine learning are developing ways to read the retina of your eyes to see what’s going on in other parts of your body.