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Figuring out why trees are strong could help build wooden skyscrapers

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Studying the nanostructure of live wood has revealed tiny cylinders that provide strength - a property we could exploit for green buildings

Oct 23, 2019

Figuring out why trees are strong could help build wooden skyscrapers

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Studying the nanostructure of live wood has revealed tiny cylinders that provide strength - a property we could exploit for green buildings

Oct 23, 2019

Figuring out why trees are strong could help build wooden skyscrapers

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Studying the nanostructure of live wood has revealed tiny cylinders that provide strength - a property we could exploit for green buildings

Oct 23, 2019

IBM Disputes Google's Quantum Supremacy Claim | NextBigFuture.com

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Google claims their 54 qubit quantum computer can solve a problem in 200 seconds that would take a regular supercomputer 10,000 years but IBM says it would take 2.5 days or much less for a supercomputer to solve. Nextbigfuture notes that disputes ...

Oct 23, 2019

The hard sell of quantum software – Physics World

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Despite recent progress, quantum computers are still at an early stage. So why are companies selling software for them? The post The hard sell of quantum software appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 23, 2019

Achieving quantum supremacy: UC Santa Barbara/Google researchers demonstrate the power of 53 entangled qubits

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Researchers have made good on their claim to quantum supremacy. Using 53 entangled quantum bits ('qubits'), their Sycamore computer has taken on -- and solved -- a problem considered intractable for classical computers.

Oct 23, 2019

Nanoscale deformation mechanics reveal mystery of nature's toughest material

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Nacre, the rainbow-sheened material that lines the insides of mussel and other mollusk shells, is known as nature's toughest material. Now, a team of researchers has revealed precisely how it works, in real time.

Oct 23, 2019

Creating a nanospace like no other: Scientists build a nanocage with antiaromatic walls

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Researchers have built a self-assembled nanocage with a very unusual nanospace: Its walls are made of antiaromatic molecules, which are generally considered too unstable to work with. By overturning assumptions about the limits of nano-chemical en...

Oct 23, 2019

It’s official: Google has achieved quantum supremacy

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Google has published details of its quantum computing breakthrough, following an earlier leak. Despite claims from rival IBM, it seems to be the real deal

Oct 23, 2019

It’s official: Google has achieved quantum supremacy

New Scientist   -   Scientific News Websites

Google has published details of its quantum computing breakthrough, following an earlier leak. Despite claims from rival IBM, it seems to be the real deal

Oct 23, 2019

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