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Speeding-Up Quantum Computing Using Giant Atomic Ions – 100 Million Times Larger Than Normal Atoms

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Trapped Rydberg ions can be the next step towards scaling up quantum computers to sizes where they can be practically usable, a new study in... The post Speeding-Up Quantum Computing Using Giant Atomic Ions – 100 Million Times Larger Than Normal ...

Jun 22, 2020

NVIDIA Selene Supercomputer Delivers 1 exaFLOPs for AI and 27 petaFLOPs Regular Computing | NextBigFuture.com

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NVIDIA made the supercomputing cluster called Selene in less than a month. The cluster was built in the month since the announcement of Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture and A100 artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators. Selene provides up to 1 ex...

Jun 22, 2020

Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component

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By combining a ceramic material with graphene, Brown University engineers have made what they say is the toughest

Jun 22, 2020

Quantum Volume is Not Over 9000 Yet | NextBigFuture.com

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Honeywell has released access to its trapped ion quantum computer with a quantum volume of 64. The previous best quantum computers were IBM and Google at a quantum volume of 32. Honeywell claims to have the most powerful quantum computer now and t...

Jun 22, 2020

Fluorocarbon bonds are no match for light-powered nanocatalyst: Lab unveils catalyst that can break problematic C-F bonds

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Engineers have created a light-powered catalyst that can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons, a group of synthetic materials that includes persistent environmental pollutants.

Jun 22, 2020

Research in land plants shows nanoplastics accumulating in tissues

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As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues in ...

Jun 22, 2020

Nanoplastics accumulate in land-plant tissues

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As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments. But little was known about nanoplastics in agricultural soils. Researchers now...

Jun 22, 2020

Scientists home in on pairs of atoms that boost a catalyst's activity

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A study identified which pairs of atoms in a catalyst nanoparticle are most active in a reaction that breaks down a harmful exhaust gas in catalytic converters. The most active particles contained the biggest proportion of one particular atomic co...

Jun 22, 2020

Research in land plants shows nanoplastics accumulating in tissues

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As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments.

Jun 22, 2020

Fluorocarbon bonds are no match for light-powered nanocatalyst

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Engineers have created a light-powered catalyst that can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons, a group of synthetic materials that includes persistent environmental pollutants.

Jun 22, 2020

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