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Quantum Computers Identify Nuclear Fusion Fuel Chemistry in Major First
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (599+ words) A major barrier to harnessing energy via nuclear fusion is the fuel source. Most proposed fusion reactors (the donut-shaped tokamak reactors) are powered by the fusion of tritium and deuterium. Both are isotopes of hydrogen, but tritium is radioactive, and…...
A Sea of Quantum Weirdness: Experimental Physicists Have Created an Exotic New Form Of Matter
1+ week, 2+ day ago (289+ words) At the lowest temperatures in the Universe, physics gets funky....
Graphene Caught Holding Multiple Superconducting States At One Time
1+ week, 2+ day ago (319+ words) Superconductivity, the ability for materials to conduct electricity with zero resistance, is a valuable scientific treasure....
In a First For Science, A Satellite Has Identified What It's Seeing From Space
1+ week, 4+ day ago (963+ words) The standard approach to satellite imagery is to snap huge batches of pictures and beam them back to Earth, where they can be sifted through by human operators and the best available algorithms. It's all worked well so far, but…...
This Week in Science: A Voice-Restoring Brain Implant, Nuclear Clocks, And More!
3+ week, 1+ day ago (351+ words) This Week in Science: A world first, a strange human pattern, and much more! We start with something you might do every day without much thought: walking....
Consciousness Could Exist in Bodies Nothing Like Ours, Researchers Say
3+ week, 1+ day ago (501+ words) Here's a question that sounds like science fiction but is being asked in deadly earnest by serious philosophers. Does consciousness require flesh and blood? It's a question I wrestled with myself when I wrote a novel that addresses the very…...
Brain Implant Lets Man With Severe Paralysis Speak in His Own Voice Again
3+ week, 4+ day ago (536+ words) A man with severe paralysis, who can no longer move almost any part of his body, can now 'speak' on his own terms, using an experimental brain implant....
Engineers Found a Genius Way to Slash Data Center Energy Use
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (761+ words) With the continuously increasing demand for AI and cloud computing services, data centers are growing larger, more numerous, and more energy-hungry. It's no wonder, with all the servers, storage devices, and other IT equipment they use to process, analyze, and…...
New '3D' Computer Chips Could Extend Moore's Law, Study Shows
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (306+ words) In recent years, computer chip performance has bumped up against the physical limitations of the space available on integrated circuits....
Physicists Just Achieved 'Perfect Randomness' For The First Time Ever
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (616+ words) One of the hardest things to do in physics is to generate true, provably unpredictable randomness. That's because it's impossible to determine randomness based on the output alone. Dice may have nicks and flaws that influence how they roll. Even…...