Tag Archives: Quantum Computers

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – March 28, 2024

Volume 627 Issue 8005

Nature Magazine – March 27, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Qubit Quota’ – Code cuts overhead for quantum error correction by 90%…

How the body’s cholesterol factory avoids producing too much

Scientists identify a molecule that halts cholesterol production in the liver when dietary consumption is high. Research Highlight

A view of wind turbines drives down home values — but only briefly

House prices drop by 1% if wind turbines are close and visible, but they rebound quickly. Research Highlight

A supercollider glimpses a gathering of three particles never seen together before

Data from billions of proton collisions reveal that subatomic particles called W+ and W bosons keep company with a photon .Research Highlight

Squeeze, freeze, bake: how to make 3D-printed wood that mimics the real thing

Scientists turn waste wood into an ‘ink’ that can be printed into a variety of structures.

Research Preview: Science Magazine – Feb 23, 2024

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Science Magazine – February 22, 2024: The new issue features ‘Snake Shift’ – Burst of evolutionary innovation occurred with the origin of snakes….

Solving the puzzle of Long Covid

Long Covid provides an opportunity to understand how acute infections cause chronic disease

Research Preview: Science Magazine – Feb 16, 2024

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Science Magazine – February 15, 2024: The new issue features ‘A record drought in October 2023 that lowered the Amazon River near the Brazilian city of Tefé, revealing sand dunes and forcing local fishing boats to compete for spots.

Giant solar farms could provoke rainclouds in the desert

Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms

X-ray survey bolsters theory of universe’s expansion

eROSITA telescope shows galaxies’ “clumpiness” matches predicted effect of dark energy, dark matter

Research Preview: Science Magazine-February 9, 2024

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Science Magazine – February 8, 2024: The new issue features ‘Citrus Oils’ – How the fruits regulate oil gland development…

Researchers discover new kind of magnetism

More than 200 materials could be “altermagnets,” predicted just a few years ago

A thousand years of solitude

How did the first human settlers of the Canary Islands survive a millennium of isolation?

Research Preview: Science Magazine-February 2, 2024

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Science Magazine – January 25, 2024: The new issue features ‘In Hot Water’ – How will El Niño change in a warmer world?; Herbivore impacts don’t depend on species origin; Reconstructing histories of sign language and more…

Degradation trumps mutations in cancer

Redirecting targeted proteins for degradation can overcome acquired drug resistance

Sustainability limits needed for CO2 removal

The true climate mitigation challenge is revealed by considering sustainability impacts

Research Preview: Science Magazine -January 26, 2024

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Science Magazine – January 25, 2024: The new issue features ‘Pump It Up’ – Pushing water uphill to store green energy…

How giant ‘water batteries’ could make green power reliable

For times when wind and solar fall short, some utilities are turning to an old technology called pumped storage hydropower

A ghostly quasiparticle rooted in a century-old Italian mystery could unlock quantum computing’s potential

Before he disappeared, Ettore Majorana made a strange prediction. Researchers are still hunting for the truth about him—and his namesake particles

Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Dec 19, 2022

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“Believe,” by George Booth.

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Shooting Shakespeare with Jean-Luc Godard

Molly Ringwald as Cordelia in Godard’s surreal 1987 adaptation of “King Lear.”

The actress and writer recalls working with French cinema’s enfant terrible.

The World-Changing Race to Develop the Quantum Computer

Such a device could help address climate change and food scarcity, or break the Internet. Will the U.S. or China get there first?

The Promise and the Politics of Rewilding India

Ecologists are trying to undo environmental damage in rain forests, deserts, and cities. Can their efforts succeed even as Narendra Modi pushes for rapid development?

Cover Preview: Science Magazine – June 10, 2022

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Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude

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  • MATTHEW R. OLM
  • DYLAN DAHAN
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Robust variation in infant gut microbiome assembly across a spectrum of lifestyles

RESEARCH ARTICLES BY

  • VICTORIA ACOSTA-RODRÍGUEZ
  • FILIPA RIJO-FERREIRA
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Circadian alignment of early onset caloric restriction promotes longevity in male C57BL/6J mice

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  • XUECHEN ZHU
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Structure of the cytoplasmic ring of the Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex

Technology: Quantum Computers, Explained

Quantum computers aren’t the next generation of supercomputers—they’re something else entirely. Before we can even begin to talk about their potential applications, we need to understand the fundamental physics that drives the theory of quantum computing. (Featuring Scott Aaronson, John Preskill, and Dorit Aharonov.) For more, read “Why Quantum Computers Are So Hard to Explain”: https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-is…