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Jonathan Vanian Jan 26, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Helpful for cryptography

Scientists create quantum entanglement on a silicon chip

A team of scientists has figured out a way for a standard silicon chip to tackle quantum entanglement — a phenomenon in which…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Sep 8, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Yes, there is a perpetual motion machine on Kickstarter. No, it doesn’t break the site’s rules

Until June, Kickstarter vetted every single project posted on its website. It still takes down the occasional scam that sneaks past its moderators and algorithms.…

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Science & Energy
Derrick Harris Jul 2, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Researchers say deep learning can help discover Higgs bosons and other particles

Scientists have researched the effectiveness of deep learning techniques for discovering exotic particles and found some significant improvements over previous methods. They believe deep learning could help analyze data from the Large Hadron Collider.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Science & Energy
Lauren Hockenson Oct 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google helps you learn about quantum physics with Minecraft

Quantum computing is just in its infancy, but its possibilities have certainly intrigued Google. In order to make the future come that…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Aug 15, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Two new experiments help blaze the trail toward quantum computing with teleportation

It's not quite the same as the "Star Trek" style of moving something from point A to point B, but quantum teleportation could have big applications for communication, computing and security.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Aug 9, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Twisted magnetic atoms could lead to hard drives that store 20 times more data

Researchers have developed a technique to create and destroy skyrmions, which are stable even when densely packed in a hard drive.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Signe Brewster Aug 6, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

In honor of Geek Week, here are 10 of the best science videos on YouTube

On Brainiac Day, the site is asking experts to aggregate some of their favorite videos. I took a crack at it myself.…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Jun 27, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

This new microscope will help make the smallest silicon circuits ever

Physics at a tiny scale will allow circuit components to be built with ultra precision.…

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Technology
Jordan Novet Jun 18, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Investors lack quantum-computing startups to fund, so they’re turning to these guys

Quantum computing is still far off, but investors at the QWave Fund aren't waiting. They're funding startups with innovations in materials science and physics.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
David Meyer Mar 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

CERN: We’re sure this is a Higgs boson, but we’re not sure which one it is

The physics researchers at CERN are now much more confident that they have found the elusive particle, although questions remain that will require sifting through more data.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Technology
David Meyer Feb 1, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Huawei finds favor at CERN: researchers sign up for more UDS cloud storage

Huawei has become an official partner of CERN openlab, with the physics research facility giving the thumbs-up to the Chinese firm's exascale-targeting, mass object-based storage infrastructure.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Nov 12, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What supercomputers and Schrodinger’s cat can teach the electronics industry

In the near term companies are eking more performance out of chips without using too much power by using co-processors taking a cue from the supercomputer industry. In the long term, though making faster and more efficient chips will take place at the subatomic scale.…

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Technology
Michael Kanellos Jan 13, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The next big thing for data centers: DC power

Although we live in an AC-dominated world, DC seems poised for a comeback, particularly in data centers. Facebook adopted a DC architecture in its Prineville, Ore., data center. SAP spent $128,000 retrofitting a datacenter at its offices in Palo Alto, Calif., to rely on DC power.…

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Cleantech, Cloud & Infrastructure, Science & Energy, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Jan 12, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

IBM builds memory chips one atom at a time

Computer and memory chips usually tend to get smaller over time, but in a paper published Thursday in Science, IBM details how it's building memory chips that would be 100 times more dense than today's hard drives by starting with the smallest building blocks: atoms.…

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Technology
Tom Murphy Sep 23, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

An exercise in galactic-scale energy

Follow physics professor Tom Murphy on an exercise in galactic energy that points out the absurdity that results from the assumption that we can continue growing our consumption of energy forever.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
nicks Jan 21, 2010 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

BumpTop Mac is Now Available

For those of you looking for a different desktop experience, BumpTop Mac is now available for public consumption. Almost four years ago…

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Apple
Chris Albrecht Jul 22, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Surely You’re Joking: Feynman Physics Lectures Online

Outside of my dad, I don’t have a lot of “heroes,” though physicist Richard Feynman comes pretty close. I’m not smart enough…

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Media, Video
Olly Farshi Jan 24, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Weekly App Store Roundup: Jan, 24. 2009

Unholster your iPhone and boot up iTunes because it’s that time of the week when we all gather round the App Store…

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Apple

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