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Nov 30, 2021

Weather forecast favorable for SpaceX launch this week

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics, space travel

Today’s quantum computers are complicated to build, difficult to scale up, and require temperatures colder than interstellar space to operate. These challenges have led researchers to explore the possibility of building quantum computers that work using photons—particles of light. Photons can easily carry information from one place to another, and photonic quantum computers can operate at room temperature, so this approach is promising. However, although people have successfully created individual quantum “logic gates” for photons, it’s challenging to construct large numbers of gates and connect them in a reliable fashion to perform complex calculations.

Nov 30, 2021

Scientists made tiny xenobots out of frog cells. Now they say those robots can reproduce

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Using artificial intelligence, the xenobots were able to replicate themselves using a process not seen in humans or any other animals.

Nov 30, 2021

Physics books of 2021

Posted by in categories: mathematics, particle physics

Explore 10 new works related to particle physics and astrophysics, plus a bonus book on math.

Nov 30, 2021

Crypto Stamp Crashes Swiss Post’s Online Store With Launch Day Demand

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, innovation

Unexpectedly high demand for Switzerland’s first crypto stamp has created headaches for the national postal service. Swiss Post announced it had to deal with technical issues when numerous orders hit its online shop all at once on the day the innovative offering was made available.

Demand for First Crypto Stamp Overwhelms Swiss Post’s Online Store

Swiss Post announced the “crypto stamp” initiative in September when it was presented as an attempt to “bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds in philately.” The state-owned company joined forces with blockchain services provider Inacta to produce the stamp, a first of a kind for the Alpine nation.

Nov 30, 2021

One of the World’s Best-Funded Edtech Companies Is Investing In AI Moonshots. Can It Work? News

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, health, robotics/AI

The Indian edtech giant Byju’s keeps getting bigger, having raised more than $4.5 billion since it was founded 10 years ago. This month the company made clear its ambitious research agenda: to achieve the science-fiction dream of building next-generation teaching aids with artificial intelligence.

Specifically, the company announced a new research-and-development hub, with offices in Silicon Valley, London and Bangalore, that will work on applying the latest findings from artificial intelligence and machine learning to new edtech products. The new hub, called Byju’s Lab, will also work on “moonshots” of developing new forms of digital tutoring technology, said Dev Roy, chief innovation and learning officer for BYJU’s, in a recent interview with EdSurge.

“Edtech is one of the slowest adopters of AI so far, compared to some of the other industries out there,” Roy said. “Even in health care, what DeepMind has done with mapping the proteins of DNA—nobody’s doing that in the education sector.”

Nov 30, 2021

Quantum computing heavyweight arrives as merger creates Quantinuum

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Investors keen on quantum computing can expect the Honeywell-Cambridge Quantum merger to produce a new publicly traded company within a year.

Nov 30, 2021

Hackers could steal encrypted data now and crack it with quantum computers later, warn analysts

Posted by in categories: computing, encryption, quantum physics

Analysts at Booz Allen Hamilton warn that Chinese espionage efforts could soon focus on encrypted data.

Nov 30, 2021

Are Billionaires Who Go to Space Astronauts, or Just Tourists?

Posted by in category: space

It doesn’t matter how high up they go—it matters what they do when they’re there.

Nov 30, 2021

An AI Finds Superbug-Killing Potential in Human Proteins

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A team scoured the human proteome for antimicrobial molecules and found thousands, plus a surprise about how animals evolved to fight infections.

Nov 30, 2021

Gravitas: These robots can produce babies | ‘Xenobots’ capable of ’self-replicating‘

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Forget losing your job to robots, Scientists have created robots that can reproduce. ‘Xenobots’ are capable of ‘self-replicating’ themselves. They are made up of stem cells taken from frogs. Astounded? Watch this report by Palki Sharma for the details.

#Gravitas #Robots #Xenobots.

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