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US-returned Chinese physicist Duan Luming and team build world’s most powerful ion-based quantum computing machine

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US-returned Chinese physicist Duan Luming and team build world’s most powerful ion-based quantum computing machine

Chinese scientists are one step closer to a future large-scale quantum computer – after building the world’s largest quantum simulation machine based on the “trapped-ion” technique, praised by one academic journal reviewer as “a milestone to be recognised”. The breakthrough was achieved under the leadership of Duan Luming, a quantum physicist renowned for his pioneering …

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Space tech and computing power are helping tigers

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Space tech and computing power are helping tigers

Tiger numbers have increased but their habitat is still shrinking (c)ANO WCS and Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve Catherine Early 02/03/2024 11:00 3 min The programme uses Earth observation technology from NASA satellites and Google Earth Engine computing power with data such as from camera traps, sign surveys, and sightings of tigers to identify which landscapes need …

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Quantinuum-led Scientists’ Non-Abelian Topological Order Study Published in Nature

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Quantinuum-led Scientists’ Non-Abelian Topological Order Study Published in Nature

Insider Brief Non-Abelian topological order study was published in Nature this week. Last year, the Quantinuum-led team announced they were able to realize and control a state of matter known as non-Abelian topological order within a quantum processor.. The peer-review step marks an important part of the scientific journey for this research — and what …

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Unveiling The Secrets Of Planktivorous Sharks

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Unveiling The Secrets Of Planktivorous Sharks

A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is eating plankton on the surface. Rhincodon typus is a filter … [+] feeder. It swim slowly at the surface filtering plankton through their enormous gill slits. Getty Images Recent studies have illuminated predictable relationships between these majestic creatures and their surroundings, hinting at their heightened sensitivity to environmental changes. …

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Epaulette Shark Gives Birth Without A Mate

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Epaulette Shark Gives Birth Without A Mate

A shark having babies? Not always newsworthy. But a shark having babies after the mother shark in question had not been in the company of a male shark since her arrival at the facility back in 2019? More newsworthy. This epaulette shark pup hatched Aug. 23, 2023, at Brookfield Zoo, born from what staff believe …

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Celebrate World Gorilla Day With 15 Primate Pictures | Science

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Celebrate World Gorilla Day With 15 Primate Pictures | Science

Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Text by Tracy Scott Forson Although gorillas are the largest primates, weighing up to 440 pounds, their size has not made them impervious to human contact and climate change, which have sharply reduced populations. In 1989, only about 620 mountain gorillas remained, an order of magnitude lower than historic population …

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Remarkable imagery shows NASA probe hit by a solar storm

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Remarkable imagery shows NASA probe hit by a solar storm

A NASA spacecraft captured incredible imagery as it flew through an eruption from the sun recently. Pictures beamed back to scientists on Earth even show the fiery ejection “vacuuming up” space dust left over from the formation of the solar system. The fly-through by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe took place on September 5 and NASA …

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Art Historians Join Ecologists To Study Landscapes Of The Past

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Art Historians Join Ecologists To Study Landscapes Of The Past

A new collaboration between between ecologists and art historians explored whether it’s possible to get accurate information about landscape ecology from nineteenth century paintings. They studied the work of the Hudson River School, particularly Asher Durand, to create a list of questions that could help other researchers decide which paintings (and artists) could hold clues …

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