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Feb 11, 2020
Mathematicians Are Studying Planet-Sized Quantum Computers With God-Like Powers
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, mathematics, quantum physics
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New research has exploded the space of problems that quantum computers can efficiently verify, simultaneously knocking down milestone problems in quantum physics and math.
Feb 11, 2020
Engineers Just Built an Impressively Stable Quantum Silicon Chip From Artificial Atoms
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics
Newly created artificial atoms on a silicon chip could become the new basis for quantum computing.
Engineers in Australia have found a way to make these artificial atoms more stable, which in turn could produce more consistent quantum bits, or qubits — the basic units of information in a quantum system.
The research builds on previous work by the team, wherein they produced the very first qubits on a silicon chip, which could process information with over 99 percent accuracy. Now, they have found a way to minimise the error rate caused by imperfections in the silicon.
Feb 10, 2020
DNA-like material could bring even smaller transistors
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: computing, nanotechnology
Computer chips use billions of tiny switches, called transistors, to process information. The more transistors on a chip, the faster the computer.
A material shaped like a one-dimensional DNA helix might further push the limits on a transistor’s size. The material comes from a rare earth element called tellurium.
Researchers found that the material, encapsulated in a nanotube made of boron nitride, helps build a field-effect transistor with a diameter of two nanometers. Transistors on the market are made of bulkier silicon and range between 10 and 20 nanometers in scale.
Feb 10, 2020
The human brain’s meticulous interface with the bloodstream now on a precision chip
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience
A scrupulous gatekeeper stands between the brain and its circulatory system to let in the good and keep out the bad, but this porter, called the blood-brain barrier, also blocks trial drugs to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s or cancer from getting into the brain.
Now a team led by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has engineered a way of studying the barrier more closely with the intent of helping drug developers do the same. In a new study, the researchers cultured the human blood-brain barrier on a chip, recreating its physiology more realistically than predecessor chips.
The new chip devised a healthy environment for the barrier’s central component, a brain cell called the astrocyte, which is not a neuron, but which acts as neurons’ intercessors with the circulatory system. Astrocytes interface in human brains with cells in the vasculature called endothelial cells to collaborate with them as the blood-brain barrier.
Feb 9, 2020
Galaxy formation simulated without dark matter
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: computing, cosmology
For the first time, researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Strasbourg have simulated the formation of galaxies in a universe without dark matter. To replicate this process on the computer, they have instead modified Newton’s laws of gravity. The galaxies that were created in the computer calculations are similar to those we actually see today. According to the scientists, their assumptions could solve many mysteries of modern cosmology. The results are published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Cosmologists today assume that matter was not distributed entirely evenly after the Big Bang. The denser places attracted more matter from their surroundings due to their stronger gravitational forces. Over the course of several billion years, these accumulations of gas eventually formed the galaxies we see today.
An important ingredient of this theory is the so-called dark matter. On the one hand, it is said to be responsible for the initial uneven distribution that led to the agglomeration of the gas clouds. It also explains some puzzling observations. For instance, stars in rotating galaxies often move so fast that they should actually be ejected. It appears that there is an additional source of gravity in the galaxies that prevents this—a kind of “star putty” that cannot be seen with telescopes: dark matter.
Feb 9, 2020
Information theft via manipulating screen brightness in air-gapped computers
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: computing, internet, security, surveillance
Data can be stolen from an air gapped personal computer just by using variations in screen brightness. Researchers at Ben-Gurion University wrote a paper on it.
As the team defines them, “Air-gapped computers are systems that are kept isolated from the Internet since they store or process sensitive information.”
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Feb 8, 2020
Intel’s Latest Chip Mimics the Way Your Brain Works
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: biological, computing, neuroscience
Up to 1,000 times faster than traditional CPUs!
Codenamed ‘Pohoiki Beach,’ the new chip processes data like a biological brain by simulating a whole network of neurons, allowing the silicon to process information ‘up to 1,000 times faster.’
Feb 8, 2020
80TB Hard Drives Are Now Possible Thanks to New Breakthrough
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: computing, innovation
Feb 8, 2020
Scientists create prototype quantum hard drive
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, encryption, quantum physics
O.o circa 2015.
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Otago in New Zealand have created a prototype quantum hard drive that may fundamentally alter the realm of secure, long-distance data encryption. Using atoms of the rare-earth element europium embedded in yttrium orthosilicate (YSO) crystals, the scientists have shattered previous records for quantum information retention by creating a storage device capable of holding quantum state information for up to six hours at a time.
Quantum data encryption already offers the promise of intrinsically secure electronic data interchange over relatively short distances (up to around 100 km (62 mi) or so). However, this latest research may help enable a worldwide quantum-encrypted communications network by providing unprecedented storage capabilities and effectively negating the instability problems inherent in currently available technology.
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