Schematic diagram of the Zuchongzhi-3 chip. 105 qubits and 182 couplers are integrated on the same chip to perform quantum random circuit sampling tasks. Credit: USTC Zuchongzhi-3, a superconducting quantum…
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Neuromorphic system enhances machine vision in extreme lighting environments
NEC can be applied on moving vehicles and headsets. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54789-8
GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have stirred widespread concerns that the federal government may trim expenditures on Medicaid even though President Donald Trump has previously…
Gut microbes that convert sugar into vital short-chain fatty acids point the way to novel therapeutics
A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. Credit: Kobe University Gut microbes that were thought to…
It’s axiomatic among environmentalists that plastic packaging is a sustainability disaster. Hard science and life-cycle analysis say that’s not true
Plastic packaging can have substantially smaller environmental impacts—including 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions—compared to other packaging materials, according to a new study. The findings suggest that although there are major…
Autoimmune diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long-term damage to physical and mental well-being
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A “chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication” is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as…
‘America First’ on the moon? US must ‘dominate’ in space, acting NASA chief says during lunar landing
As a private lunar lander closed in on the moon early Sunday morning (March 2), poised to make history with the first fully successful landing, NASA’s acting chief Janet Petro…
Can making the NHS cleaner slow the spread of disease?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Several weeks ago, I visited a local NHS urgent care center with my toddler on what might be called a semi-annual pilgrimage related to having a…
Two lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States’ return to the lunar surface, when the first-ever private lander touched down…
Thousands report outage affecting Microsoft services like Outlook
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers reported having issues with services like Outlook on Saturday. In a series of posts on the social platform X, the company…
