Quantum RAM: Modelling the big questions with the very small
Nathan, Australia (SPX) Feb 07, 2017 -
Griffith's Professor Geoff Pryde, who led the project, says that such processes could be simulated using a "quantum hard drive", much smaller than the memory required for conventional simulations.
"Stephen Hawking once stated that the 21st century is the 'century of complexity', as many of today's most pressing problems, such as understanding climate change or designing transportation syst ...
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Towards new IT devices with stable and transformable solitons
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Feb 07, 2017 -
Unavoidably, each digital information we send around the globe is prone to be lost. Travelling long ways in wires, the initial signal decays and scatters by colliding with impurities and neighboring electromagnetic fields.
Therefore, beyond each bit of your desired message, it is necessary to send other hidden bits of information that check for mistakes and take action in case of losses; w ...
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Supercomputing, experiment combine for first look at magnetism of real nanoparticle
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Feb 07, 2017 -
Barely wider than a strand of human DNA, magnetic nanoparticles - such as those made from iron and platinum atoms - are promising materials for next-generation recording and storage devices like hard drives. Building these devices from nanoparticles should increase storage capacity and density, but understanding how magnetism works at the level of individual atoms is critical to getting the best ...
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Iran imports 149 tonnes of uranium from Russia: atomic chief
Tehran (AFP) Feb 6, 2017 -
Iran will receive the final part of a 149-tonne shipment of uranium from Russia as part of its nuclear deal with world powers, it was announced on Monday.
"The first shipment arrived on January 26 by plane and the last will arrive tomorrow, Tuesday," said Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, according to Fars news agency.
Under the nuclear deal signed with world p ...
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Climate change may overload US electrical grid: study
Miami (AFP) Feb 6, 2017 -
As the planet warms due to climate change and hot days become more common, the US electrical grid could be unable to meet peak energy needs by century's end, researchers warned Monday.
The cost to upgrade the US electrical grid so it could cope with peak demands may be on the order of $180 billion, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"As the electricit ...
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Beijing's mayor vows step away from coal
Beijing (UPI) Feb 6, 2017 -
The mayor of Beijing said the city would move to improve air quality across the region by taking a dramatic step away from the use of coal.
China accounts for about 50 percent of the global demand for coal and, because of the size of its economy, that translates to about half of the world's total coal production. In Beijing, coal-based heating and industrial activity are key contributor ...
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Made-in-China large passenger plane targets 2017 debut
Beijing (AFP) Feb 6, 2017 -
China's first homegrown big passenger plane will make its maiden voyage in the first half of this year, state media said Monday, as the country seeks to challenge foreign giants Airbus and Boeing.
The C919 narrow-body jet is expected to "realise its blue-sky flight dream" in the first six months of 2017, the People's Daily newspaper reported, with the installation of onboard systems almost ...
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