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Nov 10, 2018
Scientists to create ‘truly unhackable’ network based on quantum physics
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, internet, quantum physics, security
Scientists are planning to create a network in the Chicago area tapping the principles of quantum physics. The idea is to prove that quantum physics could provide the basis for an unhackable internet.
This, they say, could have wide-ranging impact on communications, computing and national security.
The quantum network development, supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE), will stretch between the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Acceleratory Laboratory, a connection that is said will be the longest in the world to send secure information using quantum physics.
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Nov 10, 2018
Scientists Now Believe That The Universe Itself Is Conscious
Posted by Mary Jain in categories: cosmology, neuroscience
I think aspects of our Universe are conscious. Dark matter or the æther perhaps. Stagnancy is death so change inherently means something is making decisions.
A new scientific concept has recently come to light, which scientists are calling “panpsychism.” Panpsychism says that the universe could be capable of consciousness, which could change everything.
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Nov 10, 2018
Dubai Police Receive First Delivery of Innovative Hoversurf Drone, Begin Training
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: drones, innovation
Hoversurf showed its rideable drone off in Dubai last October, and now, police are actively training to operate them for routine use.
Nov 10, 2018
World’s Largest Neuromorphic Supercomputer Activated
Posted by Steve Nichols in categories: neuroscience, supercomputing
SpiNNaker was built under the leadership of Professor Steve Furber at The University of Manchester, a principal designer of two products that earned the Queen’s Award for Technology —the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor, and the BBC Microcomputer.
“The ultimate objective for the project has always been a million cores in a single computer for real time brain modelling applications, and we have now achieved it, which is fantastic.” — Professor Steve Furber, The University of Manchester
Inspired by the human brain, the SpiNNaker is capable of sending billions of small amounts of information simultaneously. The SpiNNaker has a staggering 1 million processors that are able to perform over 200 million actions per second.
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Nov 10, 2018
Material scientists create fabric alternative to batteries for wearable devices
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, health, wearables
A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health monitoring is the lack of a lightweight, long-lasting power supply. Now scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by materials chemist Trisha L. Andrew report that they have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is easily integrated into clothing for “embroidering a charge-storing pattern onto any garment.”
Nov 10, 2018
Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, nanotechnology
An inexpensive way to make products incorporating nanoparticles—such as high-performance energy devices or sophisticated diagnostic tests—has been developed by researchers.
Nov 10, 2018
Elon Musk authorizes Tesla employees to provide assistance for the California wildfires and ‘not worry about payment’
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
California, Tesla’s home state, is currently on fire as the current wildfire season is proving to be particularly devastating.
CEO Elon Musk has authorized Tesla employees to provide assistance for the wildfires and not worry about payment.
Nov 10, 2018
Researchers Uncover A Circuit For Sadness In The Human Brain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: health, neuroscience
Sadness Circuit Found In Human Brain : Shots — Health News When people are feeling glum, it often means that brain areas involved in emotion and memory are communicating. Researchers now have observed the circuit in action in humans.
Nov 10, 2018
Gravitational waves could solve a cosmological crisis within five years—or shake physics to its core
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: physics, space
This could be the last decade that cosmologists debate how fast the universe is expanding.