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Apr 20, 2016
Zip software can detect the quantum-classical boundary (w/video)
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Quantum physics has a reputation for being mysterious and mathematically challenging. That makes it all the more surprising that a new technique to detect quantum behaviour relies on a familiar tool: a “zip” program you might have installed on your computer.
“We found a new way to see a difference between the quantum universe and a classical one, using nothing more complex than a compression program,” says Dagomir Kaszlikowski, a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT).
Dag worked with other researchers from CQT and collaborators at the Jagiellonian University and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland to show that compression software, applied to experimental data, can reveal when a system crosses the boundary of our classical picture of the Universe into the quantum realm. The work is published in the March issue of New Journal of Physics (“Probing the quantum–classical boundary with compression software”).
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Apr 20, 2016
Quantum dots amplifies solar cell output
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: quantum physics, solar power, sustainability
The researchers call their material a hybrid because they dope the electrical conductivity of layered tin disulfide semiconductor with the light harvesting of different spectrums of light from various sized quantum dots.
Apr 19, 2016
A ‘big science’ approach for Australian cybersecurity research?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cybercrime/malcode, education, quantum physics, science
Australia should go “Big Science” on addressing Cyber Security. I believe Australia is already making strides in Cyber Security with their own advancements in Quantum.
Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy, to be released this Thursday, will include an emphasis on research and development, as well as education. How might that unfold?
Apr 19, 2016
General Motors to double size of Israel R&D center
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cybercrime/malcode, quantum physics, robotics/AI, transportation
Regulation is not the immediate problem with autonomous cars. Example, is Google car has been deemed approved by existing regs. However, the issue is the broader public’s trust due to the various reports of hacking of connected cars such as the Nissan Leaf, etc. Until we put in place a more resilient net infrastructure such as Quantum; slow down will happen. I suggest GM to read the news more because everything that I stated has been well communicated in the news and research for the past 4 months.
GM Ventures president Lauckner believes regulation will not halt the advance of the autonomous car.
Apr 19, 2016
Information is physical, even in quantum systems, study suggests
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: quantum physics
I believe that the assumption around data/ information on a Quantum platform would always be considered physical not virtual.
A thermodynamic principle says that deleting information generates heat, and now, scientists say that goes for quantum systems, too.
Nice
Researchers have now uncovered a small piece of the puzzle of how quantum mechanics affects hydrogen bonding in water.
Apr 18, 2016
Large Hadron Collider(LHC) Could Detect Extra Dimensions
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: cosmology, quantum physics
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Could Detect Extra Dimensions.
A recent paper published in Physics Letters B has raised the prospect that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could mark a discovery that would put its earlier achievements with the #HiggsBoson in the shade. The authors of the recent published paper propose it could spot mini black holes. Such a discovery would be a matter of massive importance on its own, but might be a sign of even more significant things. Few notions from theoretical physics capture the public imagination as much as the “many-worlds theory,” which suggests an infinite number of universes that vary from our own in ways large and small. The notion has delivered great fodder for science fiction novelists and comedians. Nevertheless, according to Professor Mir Faizal from the University of Waterloo, “Normally, when people think of the multiverse, they think of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, where every possibility is actualized,” he told Phys.org. “This cannot be tested and so it is philosophy and not science.” Nonetheless, Faizal reflects the test for a different type of parallel universes nearly within our reach. Faizal says “What we mean is real universes in extra dimensions. As gravity can flow out of our universe into the extra dimensions, such a model can be tested by the detection of mini black holes at the LHC.”
#ParticlePhysics #Extradimensions #LHC #CERN #TheoreticalPhysics #BlackHoles
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Apr 18, 2016
Dartmouth-led team devises new technique to probe ‘noise’ in quantum computing
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, quantum physics
Fine tuning QC.
HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth College and Griffith University researchers have devised a new way to “sense” and control external noise in quantum computing.
Quantum computing may revolutionize information processing by providing a means to solve problems too complex for traditional computers, with applications in code breaking, materials science and physics, but figuring out how to engineer such a machine remains elusive.
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Apr 18, 2016
Black Hole ‘Firewalls’ Pits Einstein’s Theory Against Quantum Mechanics
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cosmology, quantum physics
When Black Hole Firewalls pit theory of relativity against Quantum Mechanics.
A worldwide study reconciles the theory of black hole “firewalls,” which pits the two theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics against one another.