Ringbauer’s team was building a quantum computer that used not qubits but qudits — each with five possible states. The extra possibilities allowed each particle to hold more information, often reducing the number of steps needed for a complex computation. Not every simulation would benefit from being run with qudits, but the complexity of quantum… Continue reading Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test Researchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with promising results By Humberto Basilio & Nature magazine As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before they ignite a human pandemic. Now,… Continue reading Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test
Missiles, Markets, and Mutual Interests: Poland and South Korea’s Evolving Defence-Industrial Cooperation
In recent years, South Korea has cemented its ascendancy to the global top table as a defence-industrial player. In Europe, one country has been the primary foothold enabling South Korea’s rise: Poland. Cooperation between the countries is set to grow, with the parties finalising a $6.5 billion deal to supply K2 Black Panther tanks for… Continue reading Missiles, Markets, and Mutual Interests: Poland and South Korea’s Evolving Defence-Industrial Cooperation
The Capuchin Bone Church and More Patrons’ Questions
Podcast: Download MYS381: From bones turned into art to relics made of game consoles, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer questions from participants on their recent Italy pilgrimage on faith, death, relics, simulation theory, saints, and even gelato. The first live recording of Mysterious World with a studio audience! Get all new episodes automatically and… Continue reading The Capuchin Bone Church and More Patrons’ Questions
How Much Ultraprocessed Food Do You Eat? Blood and Urine Record It
How Much Ultraprocessed Food Do You Eat? Blood and Urine Record It A new study suggests blood and urine samples could provide an objective measure of diets and help unravel their connections to disease By Smriti Mallapaty & Nature magazine Diets rich in industrially manufactured food have been associated with several health conditions. Molecules in… Continue reading How Much Ultraprocessed Food Do You Eat? Blood and Urine Record It
India’s Indecisive Turn East
India has enjoyed a privileged relationship with the United States for more than 20 years. The sudden imposition of high tariffs by the United States—first in retaliation for India’s longstanding high tariffs on U.S. exports and then for its continued purchase of Russian oil—thus came as a profound shock in New Delhi. After a phase… Continue reading India’s Indecisive Turn East
Disaster-Struck States Waiting for Weeks for Trump’s Sign-Off on FEMA Aid
CLIMATEWIRE | Public officials have started pleading with the Trump administration for help in recovering from deadly disasters as President Donald Trump triggers frustration in states struck by tornadoes, floods and storms by taking no action on requests for aid. Trump has left states, counties and tribes in limbo as he delays making decisions on… Continue reading Disaster-Struck States Waiting for Weeks for Trump’s Sign-Off on FEMA Aid
The Last Taboo: Acknowledging Violent Behavior in Women
Domestic violence is often framed as a crime perpetrated by men against women. There’s a federal Office of Violence Against Women dedicated to domestic and sexual violence, but no male equivalent. News media articles overwhelmingly cover male perpetrators of domestic violence, and, when females are the aggressors, they often portray them as acting in self-defense. Hollywood portrayals of domestic… Continue reading The Last Taboo: Acknowledging Violent Behavior in Women
‘Ten Martini’ Proof Uses Number Theory to Explain Quantum Fractals
But in some ways, the proof was a bit unsatisfying. Jitomirskaya and Avila had used a method that only applied to certain irrational values of alpha. By combining it with an intermediate proof that came before it, they could say the problem was solved. But this combined proof wasn’t elegant. It was a patchwork quilt,… Continue reading ‘Ten Martini’ Proof Uses Number Theory to Explain Quantum Fractals
A Public Health Researcher and Her Engineer Husband Found How Diseases Can Spread through Air Decades before the COVID Pandemic
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, by Carl Zimmer, charts the history of the field of aerobiology: the science of airborne microorganisms. In this episode, we discover the story of two lost pioneers of the 1930s: physician and self-taught epidemiologist Mildred Weeks Wells and her husband, sanitary engineer William Firth Wells. Together,… Continue reading A Public Health Researcher and Her Engineer Husband Found How Diseases Can Spread through Air Decades before the COVID Pandemic