NASA’s Curiosity Rover Reports Back on “Most Chemically Diverse Part” of Gale Crater on Mars
ChemCam played a key role in analyzing new data. The first study of the Glen Torridon region in Mars’ Gale crater reveals that groundwater altered…
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NASA Mars Perseverance Rover: Making Fast Tracks to the Delta
Perseverance is in a drive campaign going faster than any previous rover. How fast, you may ask? Its actual speed is just under a tenth…
Progress in Hybrid Algorithms Makes Small, Noisy Quantum Computers Viable
Hybrid algorithms can accommodate limited qubits, lack of error correction for real-world tasks. As reported in an article in Nature Reviews Physics, instead of waiting…
Atomic Armor for Next-Generation, Electron-Beam Accelerators
Advancement in single-atom layer graphene coatings improves accelerator electron source lifespans. Protective coatings are common for many things in daily life that see a lot…
Fast-Forwarding Quantum Evolution: Physical Features Boost the Efficiency of Quantum Simulations
Two recent papers settle long-standing questions about algorithms on future quantum computers. Recent theoretical breakthroughs have settled two long-standing questions about the viability of simulating…
Breakthrough Proof Clears Path for Quantum AI – Overcoming Threat of “Barren Plateaus”
Novel theorem demonstrates convolutional neural networks can always be trained on quantum computers, overcoming threat of ‘barren plateaus’ in optimization problems. Convolutional neural networks running…
Physicists Have Made the World’s Most Precise Measurement of Neutron Lifetime
An international team of researchers has made the world’s most precise measurement of the neutron’s lifetime, which may help answer questions about the early universe….
Supercomputers Reveal the Secrets of How X Chromosomes Fold and Deactivate
Combining lab data with supercomputing power reveals role of RNA and chromosome structure in regulating gene expression. Using supercomputer-driven dynamic modeling based on experimental data,…
Translation Software Enables Efficient Storage of Massive Amounts of Data in DNA Molecules
ADS Codex translates binary data into nucleotides that can be sequenced in molecules as files for later retrieval, bringing potential cost savings and compact ‘cold…
Decades of Research Brings Quantum Dots to Brink of Widespread Use in a Range of Technology Applications
Review article in Science covers a wide range of breakthroughs, including Los Alamos’ role in key advances. A new article in Science magazine gives an…
Long-Theorized Neutron-Clustering Effect in Nuclear Reactors Demonstrated for First Time
Long-theorized phenomenon observed in a working reactor could improve reactor safety, according to a new study. For the first time, the long-theorized neutron-clustering effect in…
Qubit Spin Ice: Emergent Magnetic Monopoles Isolated Using Quantum-Annealing Computer
Project offers new step toward study of emergence, ‘materials by design,’ and future nanomagnets. Using a D-Wave quantum-annealing computer as a testbed, scientists at Los…
Boundary Between Our Solar System and Interstellar Space Mapped for the First Time
Using data from NASA’s IBEX satellite, scientists created the first-ever 3D map of the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. For the first…
Newly Discovered Quasicrystal – “Magnificent in Its Complexity” – Was Created by the First Nuclear Explosion at Trinity Site
Discovery of new material could someday aid in nuclear nonproliferation. A newly discovered quasicrystal that was created by the first nuclear explosion at Trinity Site,…
Quantum Machine Learning Hits a Limit: A Black Hole Permanently Scrambles Information That Can’t Be Recovered
A black hole permanently scrambles information that can’t be recovered with any quantum machine learning algorithm, shedding new light on the classic Hayden-Preskill thought experiment….
Supercomputer Simulations Reveal How Dominant COVID-19 Strain Binds to Host, Succumbs to Antibodies
Dominant G-form Spike protein ‘puts its head up’ more frequently to latch on to receptors, but that makes it more vulnerable to neutralization. Large-scale supercomputer…
Curiosity Rover Finds That Mars Did Not Dry Up All at Once
Mars had dry and wet eras and dried up for good 3 billion years ago. While attention has been focused on the Perseverance rover that…
Colossal Voltage: Uranium Compound Achieves Record Anomalous Nernst Conductivity
Colossal voltage results from interplay of material’s topology and strong electron correlations in a uranium-cobalt-ruthenium-aluminum alloy. New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound…
