Category: Science
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Everything interacting…
Keeping qubits stable – those quantum equivalents of classic computing bits – will be key to realizing the potential of quantum computing. Now scientists have found a new obstacle to this stability: natural radiation. It's around us all the time, and so this poses something of a problem for future quantum computers. Through a series…
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The bar mystery…
The majority of spiral galaxies, like our home the Milky Way, host a large bar-like structure of stars in their canter. Knowledge of the true bar size and rotational speed is crucial for understanding how galaxies form and evolve. However our galaxy's bar size and rotational speed have been strongly contested in the last 5…
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Certain!
Physicists are raising doubts about the existence of an exotic subatomic particle that failed to show up in twin experiments. (1) But by when would anyone be certain? When can anyone know anything? What a weird world. Shaped by the ones who are afraid of it. People being certain of what they know. Full of…
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Cubes!
The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms is a cube.…
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Predictions. Talking. The vanity of knowing.
UNIGE scientists developed a neuro-computer model which helps explain how the brain identifies syllables in natural speech. The model uses the equivalent of neuronal oscillations produced by brain activity to process the continuous sound flow of connected speech. The model functions according to a theory known as predictive coding, whereby the brain optimizes perception by…
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