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The quantum computing market is projected to reach $65 billion by 2030, a hot topic for investors and scientists alike because of its potential to solve incomprehensibly complex problems. Drug discovery is one example. To understand drug interactions, a pharmaceutical company might want to simulate the interaction of two molecules. The challenge is that each molecule is … [Read more...] about Opening a path toward quantum computing in real-world conditions: Quantum computing platform accelerates transition from bulk optics to integrated photonics on a silicon chip smaller than a penny

Sea cucumbers have a bumpy and oblong shape. They are soft but stiffen up quickly when touched. They can shrink or stretch to several meters, and their original shape can be recovered even after they die and shrivel up with the regulation of water uptake. Recently, a POSTECH research team has developed a soft actuator inspired by this unique behavior of sea cucumbers. A … [Read more...] about Water-driven soft actuator developed

A new study published in Physical Review Letters describes a way to increase the cargo capacity of microscopic, self-propelled droplets known as "microswimmers." Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the Max Planck Institutefor Dynamics and Self-Organisation found that when a school of microswimmers move in the same direction inside a narrow channel, they can … [Read more...] about How schools of ‘microswimmers’ can increase their cargo capacity

A novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center was found to detect over 90% of lung cancers in samples from nearly 800 individuals with and without cancer. The test approach, called DELFI (DNA evaluation of fragments for early interception), spots unique patterns in the fragmentation of DNA shed from … [Read more...] about Novel AI blood testing technology can ID lung cancers with high accuracy

Be it nuclear power plants, patient monitoring equipment in hospitals, or self-driving cars -- integrations of physical processes with computers and process control, or cyber-physical systems (CPS), are everywhere. However, the widespread application of CPS also makes them prime targets for hackers. A simple change in the value of a sensor can create havoc. Vulnerability to … [Read more...] about Novel resilient state estimation method for process control in cyber-physical systems: Scientists create a new process control model to protect systems from assailants and natural fluctuations

'Growing' electronic components directly onto a semiconductor block avoids messy, noisy oxidation scattering that slows and impedes electronic operation. A UNSW study out this month shows that the resulting high-mobility components are ideal candidates for high-frequency, ultra-small electronic devices, quantum dots, and for qubit applications in quantum computing. Smaller … [Read more...] about Home-grown semiconductors for faster, smaller electronics: ‘Growing’ electronic components directly onto a semiconductor block avoids messy, noisy oxidation scattering

One of the biggest marketing trends in the online shopping industry is personalization through curated product recommendations; however, it can change whether people buy a product they had been considering, according to new University of California San Diego research. The study by Uma R. Karmarkar, assistant professor at the UC San Diego Rady School of Management and School of … [Read more...] about Online product displays can shape your buying behavior

A study led by researchers at North Carolina State University developed a new method that enables quantum computers to measure the thermodynamic properties of systems by calculating the zeros of the partition function. "We've illustrated a new way to get at thermodynamic properties of a system, such as free energy, entropy, and other properties that are too complex to currently … [Read more...] about Partition function zeros are ‘shortcut’ to thermodynamic calculations on quantum computers