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Jul 20, 2018
Researchers prove the arrow of time is irrelevant to quantum computers
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, quantum physics
It turns out that our limited understanding of time is born out of faulty observations and limited perspective. Luckily, quantum computers are on the way.
Jul 20, 2018
Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, futurism
A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices.
The low-cost process, developed by Purdue University researchers, combines tools already used in industry for manufacturing metals on a large scale, but uses the speed and precision of roll-to-roll newspaper printing to remove a couple of fabrication barriers in making electronics faster than they are today.
Cellphones, laptops, tablets, and many other electronics rely on their internal metallic circuits to process information at high speed. Current metal fabrication techniques tend to make these circuits by getting a thin rain of liquid metal drops to pass through a stencil mask in the shape of a circuit, kind of like spraying graffiti on walls.
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Jul 16, 2018
Pentagon sees quantum computing as key weapon for war in space
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, military, quantum physics, space
The military wants to apply quantum computing to secure communications and inertial navigation in GPS denied environments.
Jul 16, 2018
A Photonic Circuit for Quantum Computers
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, quantum physics
Jul 15, 2018
Automating Drug Discoveries Using Computer Vision
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, computing
“Every time you miss a protein crystal, because they are so rare, you risk missing on an important biomedical discovery.”
- Patrick Charbonneau, Duke University Dept. of Chemistry and Lead Researcher, MARCO initiative.
Protein crystallization is a key step to biomedical research concerned with discovering the structure of complex biomolecules. Because that structure determines the molecule’s function, it helps scientists design new drugs that are specifically targeted to that function. However, protein crystals are rare and difficult to find. Hundreds of experiments are typically run for each protein, and while the setup and imaging are mostly automated, finding individual protein crystals remains largely performed through visual inspection and thus prone to human error. Critically, missing these structures can result in lost opportunity for important biomedical discoveries for advancing the state of medicine.
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Jul 15, 2018
How an algorithm may decide your career
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, employment, information science
WANT a job with a successful multinational? You will face lots of competition. Two years ago Goldman Sachs received a quarter of a million applications from students and graduates. Those are not just daunting odds for jobhunters; they are a practical problem for companies. If a team of five Goldman human-resources staff, working 12 hours every day, including weekends, spent five minutes on each application, they would take nearly a year to complete the task of sifting through the pile.
Little wonder that most large firms use a computer program, or algorithm, when it comes to screening candidates seeking junior jobs. And that means applicants would benefit from knowing exactly what the algorithms are looking for.
Jul 13, 2018
Nanomaterials that mimic nerve impulses (spikes) discovered
Posted by Manuel Canovas Lechuga in categories: computing, nanotechnology, neuroscience
A combination of nanomaterials that can mimic nerve impulses (“spikes”) in the brain have been discovered by researchers at Kyushu Institute of Technology and Osaka University in Japan.
Current “neuromorphic” (brain-like) chips (such as IBM’s neurosynaptic TrueNorth) and circuits (such as those based on the NVIDIA GPGPU, or general purpose graphical processing unit) are devices based on complex circuits that emulate only one part of the brain’s mechanisms: the learning ability of synapses (which connect neurons together).
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Jul 13, 2018
Satellite startups turn to reinventing broadband, mapping and other industries
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, mapping, mobile phones, satellites
Smartphones have disrupted transportation, payments and communication. But the underlying technology has tangentially changed a completely different sector: satellites.
The advances made in miniaturizing technologies that put a computer in your pocket — cameras, batteries, processors, radio antennas — have also made it easier and cheaper for entrepreneurs to launch matter into space. And investors are taking notice.
The chart below shows worldwide venture and PE investment in satellite technology companies.
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Jul 12, 2018
How to build synthetic DNA and send it across the internet
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, computing, internet
Biologist Dan Gibson edits and programs DNA, just like coders program a computer. But his “code” creates life, giving scientists the power to convert digital information into biological material like proteins and vaccines. Now he’s on to a new project: “biological transportation,” which holds the promise of beaming new medicines across the globe over the internet. Learn more about how this technology could change the way we respond to disease outbreaks and enable us to download personalized prescriptions in our homes.