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A human topological insulator: Researchers use choreographed dance to explain quantum materials
<div>Science can be difficult to explain to the public. In fact, any subfield of science can be difficult to explain to another scientist who studies in a different area. Explaining a theoretical science concept to high school students requires a new way of thinking altogether.</div>
It's never too early in the week to play 4D minigolf
I didn't sleep last night for entirely self-inflicted reasons and my brain feels like that one accursed hoover bag you ...
Pan Macmillan acquires Frank Verstraete and Céline Broeckaert’s 'captivating' book on quantum physics
Pan Macmillan has acquired Frank Verstraete and Céline Broeckaert’s Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics: And Everyone Needs to Know Something About It.
How Do We Know We’re Not Living in a Computer Simulation?
But we don’t know one another exist, for sure. In fact, we have no definitive proof that anything is conscious beyond ...
Show HN: Happy Inbox – Privacy First Gmail Cleanup
Hey HN,I have always been one of those who finds it very hard to maintain a clean inbox. Two main issues stood out: first, Gmail doesn’t make it easy to identify the biggest space hogs, and second, deleting large quantities of emails isn’t intuitive. I realized that inbox cleanup could be much simpler with the right approach.Problem with existing solutions: When I looked for tools to solve this, I found they were either pricey or selling user data to third parties. For me, email holds some of my
Quantum Motion and Goldman Sachs join for complex calculations
Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scale-up, and Goldman Sachs have come up with a paper titled “Low Depth Phase ...
Novel superconducting flux qubit can operate without being surrounded by a magnetic field
In their paper published in the journal Communications Materials, the group describes how they used a ferromagnetic Josephson junction to create the flux qubit and how well it performed.
Where Will IonQ Be in 3 Years?
What's in store for IonQ in the next three years? Check out three very different possible scenarios before you buy that ...
Qubit appoints Damian Lynch as CUO of Digital Asset Insurance
Qubit Underwriting Limited has announced the appointment of Damian Lynch as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Digital Asset Insurance, effective ...
Watch: Boston Dynamics’ New Electric Atlas Robot Gets Down to Work
One of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots has been all play and no work. Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is famous for backflips, parkour, and dance mobs. These require extremely impressive robotic control, but they’re also mostly fun research demos.
Now, six months after the legendary robotics lab unveiled an all-new electric Atlas, they’re showing off more of what it can do. A recent video shows Atlas picking auto parts from one set of shelves and moving them over to another, a job currently han
Persistent problems with AI-assisted genomic studies
<div>Researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can lead to flawed conclusions about the connection between genes and physical characteristics, including risk factors for diseases like diabetes.</div>
Bridging Talents and Opportunities Forum connects high school and college students with STEAM leaders and resources
Bridging Talents and Opportunities (BTO) held its second annual forum at the Stratton Student Center at MIT Oct. 11-12. The two-day event gathered over 500 participants, including high school students and their families, undergraduate students, professors, and leaders across STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) fields.The forum sought to empower talented students from across the United States and Latin America to dream big and pursue higher education, demonstrating tha
AI for real-time, patient-focused insight
<div>BiomedGPT is a new a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) designed to support a wide range of medical and scientific tasks. This new study is described in the article as 'the first open-source and lightweight vision -- language foundation model, designed as a generalist capable of performing various biomedical tasks.'</div>
The secrets of baseball's magic mud
<div>The unique properties of baseball's famed 'magic' mud, which MLB equipment managers applied to every ball in the World Series, have never been scientifically quantified -- until now. Researchers now reveal what makes the magic mud so special.</div>
Satellite imagery may help protect coastal forests from climate change
<div>A new study details how climate change transforms coastal wetlands in North Carolina from forest to marshland or even open water, and how satellite imagery may help better direct conservation efforts to preserve those areas.</div>
Successful demonstration of a commercial cryogenic radio frequency power sensor paves way for quantum computing
<div>Radio frequency (RF) and microwave power measurements are widely used to support applications across space, defense, and communication. These precise measurements enable engineers to accurately characterize waveforms, components, circuits, and systems.</div>
Physicists propose Bell test for probing quantum entanglement
<div>Imperial researchers have proposed a new way to directly probe quantum entanglement, the effect that led to the puzzling concept of "spooky action at a distance," where previously grouped particles' quantum states cannot be described independently of each other. The research has been accepted for publication in Physical Review X.</div>
Cobalt-copper tandem converts carbon dioxide to ethanol
<div>The continuing release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a major driver of global warming and climate change with increased extreme weather events. Researchers have now presented a method for effectively converting carbon dioxide into ethanol, which is then available as a sustainable raw material for chemical applications.</div>
Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics
<div>Nanoscale 3D transistors made from ultrathin semiconductor materials can operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices, leveraging quantum mechanical properties to potentially enable ultra-low-power AI applications.</div>
Dance of electrons measured in the glow from exploding neutron-stars
<div>The temperature of elementary particles has been observed in the radioactive glow following the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of a black hole. This has, for the first time, made it possible to measure the microscopic, physical properties in these cosmic events. Simultaneously, it reveals how snapshot observations made in an instant represents an object stretched out across time.</div>