The test occurred at White Sands Missile Range, where the radar showed operational performance and readiness.
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KAUST researchers pave the way for affordable Perovskite-Silicon solar solutions
A team of scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has revealed their plan to bring a new type of solar cell to the market, one that could revolutionize the field of renewable energy. The solar cell, called a perovskite/silicon tandem, combines two different materials to capture more sunlight and convert it into electricity.
Perovskite is a material that can absorb light very efficiently, while silicon is a material that can maintain its performance for a long time. By stacking them together, the researchers have achieved record-breaking efficiency levels, surpassing the previous limits of single-material solar cells. In 2023, the KAUST team, led by Professor Stefaan De Wolf, reported two world records for power conversion efficiency and five other records achieved by other groups worldwide. This shows the rapid advancement of perovskite/silicon tandem technology and its potential to dominate the solar market.
SETI scientists begin huge new hunt for intelligent aliens
https://trib.al/2HpyN4k The new SETI experiment is being conducted on the Very Large Array of radio telescopes.
From i to u: Searching for the quantum master bit
Year 2014 Basically once the master qubit is found it could even lead to a sorta master algorithm. Also it could show who actually pulls the strings of reality.
Whatever the u-bit is, it rotates quickly (Image: Natalie Nicklin)
Our best theory of nature has imaginary numbers at its heart. Making quantum physics more real conjures up a monstrous entity pulling the universe’s strings
Leader: “The u-bit may be omniscient, but it’s no God particle”
A Black Hole Breakthrough Might Actually Solve the Information Paradox
The key to understanding our universe lies in two theories—one of the generally-very-big and one of the generally-very-small. Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity explains things like gravity and time, while Quantum Field Theory explores the subatomic world. However, one celestial object frustrates astrophysicists and quantum theorists in equal measure: black holes.
Because black holes release Hawking radiation (named for famous physicist Stephen Hawking), they eventually evaporate, which seemingly destroys the information that fell into the black hole. However, quantum field theory states that information cannot be destroyed. Result? Paradox.
Artificial Intelligence and Your Health
One approach to AI uses a process called machine learning. In machine learning, a computer model is built to predict what may happen in the real world. The model is taught to analyze and recognize patterns in a data set. This training enables the model to then make predictions about new data. Some AI programs can also teach themselves to ask new questions and make novel connections between pieces of information.
“Computer models and humans can really work well together to improve human health,” explains Dr. Grace C.Y. Peng, an NIH expert on AI in medicine. “Computers are very good at doing calculations at a large scale, but they don’t have the intuitive capability that we have. They’re powerful, but how helpful they’re going to be lies in our hands.”
Researchers are exploring ways to harness the power of AI to improve health care. These include assisting with diagnosing and treating medical conditions and delivering care.
Going beyond B cells in the search for a more multi-targeted vaccine
Part 3: This is the last of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges of them. The ultimate goal: a vaccine with coverage so broad it can protect against viruses never before encountered.
Until now, vaccine efforts have mainly focused on stimulating B cells, described and discussed in Part 1 and Part 2. These antibody-producing immune cells’ virtue of being highly specific in what they target is also a vice. An antibody against influenza is unlikely to ever bind to, say, a coronavirus or a rabies virus.
Even when a virus mutates in some small way that distorts or disguises one of its biochemical bull’s-eyes, antibodies that worked before (because they aimed at that particular bull’s-eye) are now unemployed.