Science

Data structures influence speed of quantum search in unexpected ways: Highly connected structures don't always support fastest quantum computing

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Quantum search slows unexpectedly on the highly connected data structure represented by this graph. Mathematical description: a 5-simplex...

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Nano piano's lullaby could mean storage breakthrough

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Arrays of gold, pillar-supported bowtie nanoantennas can be used to record distinct musical notes, in this case, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little...

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UK skies set to dim in decade’s deepest solar eclipse

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The partial phase of the total eclipse of 2006, rotated to match the...

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New technology may double radio frequency data capacity: Columbia engineers invent nanoscale IC that enables simultaneous transmission and reception at the same frequency in a wireless radio

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CoSMIC (Columbia high-Speed and Mm-wave IC) Lab full-duplex transceiver IC that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable simultaneous...

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NASA Spacecraft in Earth’s Orbit, Preparing to Study Magnetic Reconnection

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The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard launches from the Cape...

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Silver implant nanotech killing infections: NC State Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Team Arms Implants With Battery-Activated Nanotechnology

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Let It Go! SMAP Almost Ready to Map Frozen Soil

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SMAP will monitor the frozen or thawed state of the global landscape north of 45 degrees north latitude.

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New NASA Mission to Study Ocean Color, Airborne Particles and Clouds

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New measurements by NASA’s PACE spacecraft will advance our understanding of how living marine resources respond to a changing climate....

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