Painful exercises in basic arithmetic are a vivid part of our elementary school memories. A multiplication like 3,752 × 6,901 carried out with just pencil and paper… Read more “The Brain as a Computer”
Category: Technology
Cassini probe shoots through Saturn’s rings
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has successfully executed its daring dive through the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its rings, the first time a man-made object has navigated through… Read more “Cassini probe shoots through Saturn’s rings”
Science in America – Neil deGrasse Tyson – March For Science – 22nd April
We offer this 4min video on “Science in America”, containing what may be the most important words Neil deGrasse Tyson has ever spoken. Get involved in March… Read more “Science in America – Neil deGrasse Tyson – March For Science – 22nd April”
Quadriplegic man’s arm and hand brought back to life by thought-control tech
A quadriplegic man has had his right arm and hand brought back to life with the help of thought-control technology. Bill Kochevar, 56, was paralysed below his… Read more “Quadriplegic man’s arm and hand brought back to life by thought-control tech”
Electrons disappearing and reappearing between atomic layers
Scientist have spotted a strange type of quantum movement occurring in electrons travelling between the atomic layers of a material. Instead of travelling from the top to… Read more “Electrons disappearing and reappearing between atomic layers “
The Trees Have Ears
Environmentalists are bugging rainforests with discarded smartphones to catch poachers and illegal loggers. When a tree falls to illegal loggers in the forest of the Kalaweit Supayang… Read more “The Trees Have Ears”
A robot stingray
Here’s a critter that would be a showstopper in your aquarium: By layering rat heart cells over a gold skeleton, scientists have built tiny swimming artificial stingrays… Read more “A robot stingray”
Building James Webb
For months, inside the towering Building 29 here at Goddard Space Flight Center, the four scientific instruments at the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST,… Read more “Building James Webb”
Building an archive on the Moon
Is there a business case that would support a private, unmanned mission to the moon? The people at Lunar Mission One certainly think so. If they’re right,… Read more “Building an archive on the Moon”
Experiment records extreme quantum weirdness
Researchers from the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore and the University of Seville in Spain have reported the most extreme ‘entanglement’… Read more “Experiment records extreme quantum weirdness”
Facebook’s AI software could give machines more common sense
Will this block of virtual blocks fall over? Facebook has trained up software that knows the answer. Artificial-intelligence researchers at the company took on the project in… Read more “Facebook’s AI software could give machines more common sense”
A quantum virus for efficient energy transport
When MIT phenoms Seth Lloyd and Angela Belcher put their heads together to create the perfect peanut butter cup, you know we are going to be there… Read more “A quantum virus for efficient energy transport”
Graphene spirals could challenge macro solenoids
In the drive to miniaturize electronics, solenoids have become way too big, say Rice University scientists who discovered the essential component can be scaled down to nano-size… Read more “Graphene spirals could challenge macro solenoids “
Google and NASA Team Up on Quantum Computer
The next generation of computers is a few years off, but it’s pretty damn cool. It’s like no computer you’ve ever seen, nor are you likely to… Read more “Google and NASA Team Up on Quantum Computer”
3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury
A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind, 3D-printed guide that helps regrow both the sensory and motor functions of complex nerves after injury. The groundbreaking… Read more “3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury”
This amazing folding microscope costs less than a dollar and is twice as durable
Manu Prakash, inventor of the low cost Foldscope- folding paper microscope believes this invention could revolutionize healthcare industry in the developing countries and at the same time help… Read more “This amazing folding microscope costs less than a dollar and is twice as durable”
CERN’s “Cosmic Piano” Makes Music Out of Raw Particle Data
At Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival in July, jazz pianist Al Blatter found himself jamming with an unusual collaborator: the so-called “cosmic piano,” an instrument developed by physicists… Read more “CERN’s “Cosmic Piano” Makes Music Out of Raw Particle Data”
The wonderful world of wonder materials
In July, scientists at the University of Darmstadt in Germany succeeded in stopping light completely inside a crystal. Some rays of light (in this case from a… Read more “The wonderful world of wonder materials”
D-Wave Systems Breaks the 1000 Qubit Quantum Computing Barrier
The world’s first quantum computing company announced that it has broken the 1000 qubit barrier, developing a processor about double the size of D-Wave’s previous generation and… Read more “D-Wave Systems Breaks the 1000 Qubit Quantum Computing Barrier”
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Begins Intensive Data Downlink Phase
If you liked the first historic images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, you’ll love what’s to come. Seven weeks after New Horizons sped past the… Read more “NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Begins Intensive Data Downlink Phase”
Scientists ‘squeeze’ light one particle at a time
A team of scientists has successfully measured particles of light being “squeezed”, in an experiment that had been written off in physics textbooks as impossible to observe.… Read more “Scientists ‘squeeze’ light one particle at a time”
A magnetic ‘wormhole’ that connects two regions of space has been created
Researchers in Spain have created a tiny magnetic wormhole for the first time ever, and they’ve used it to connect two regions of space so that a… Read more “A magnetic ‘wormhole’ that connects two regions of space has been created”
The Global Race To Build The Fastest Supercomputer
High-performance supercomputers can solve complex problems in climate science, aerospace design, biomedicine, and particle physics. But they are also used to develop new kinds of stealth technology,… Read more “The Global Race To Build The Fastest Supercomputer”
Model for robots with bacteria-controlled brains
Forget the Vulcan mind-meld of the Star Trek generation — as far as mind control techniques go, bacteria is the next frontier.In a paper published July 16… Read more “Model for robots with bacteria-controlled brains”
Team harnesses intense X-ray beam, observes unusual phenomenon
Using an enormous X-ray laser — one of only two such machines on Earth — University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Matthias Fuchs and scientists from around the world… Read more “Team harnesses intense X-ray beam, observes unusual phenomenon”
QuantumBits Video Archive
Some of the best from the web is on focus here. Enjoy the content and drop a comment. If you’d like a film shown here. Email us.#… Read more “QuantumBits Video Archive”
World’s Thinnest Light Bulb Created from Graphene
Graphene, a form of carbon famous for being stronger than steel and more conductive than copper, can add another wonder to the list: making light. Researchers have… Read more “World’s Thinnest Light Bulb Created from Graphene”
Wendy Freedman: This new telescope might show us the beginning of the universe
When and how did the universe begin? A global group of astronomers wants to answer that question by peering as far back in time as a large… Read more “Wendy Freedman: This new telescope might show us the beginning of the universe”
New microscope techniques give deepest view yet of living cells
Two new microscopy techniques are helping scientists see smaller structures in living cells than ever glimpsed before. Scientists can now view structures just 45 to 84 nanometers… Read more “New microscope techniques give deepest view yet of living cells”
New theory leads to radiationless revolution
Physicists have found a radical new way confine electromagnetic energy without it leaking away, akin to throwing a pebble into a pond with no splash. The theory… Read more “New theory leads to radiationless revolution”
This plane can fly for 118 hours
Because it’s solar-powered. Carrying some 17,000 solar cells, the Solar Impulse 2 plane ascends to 28,000 feet during the day to collect enough solar energy to charge the… Read more “This plane can fly for 118 hours”
Concept Video: Your Next Plane Could Take Off Vertically
The ideal airplane doesn’t need a runway. Since Kitty Hawk, the standard design of a fixed-wing airplane assumes the plane will build momentum and lift by accelerating… Read more “Concept Video: Your Next Plane Could Take Off Vertically”
