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Rigetti Computing has opened cloud access to one of the most powerful quantum computers in the world
Those wishing to hone their quantum computer programming skills had the opportunity to work on the latest platform of the…
AI designed a wedge-air rocket engine from scratch in three weeks and it works
Artificial intelligence has reached new heights—in three weeks, from scratch, it designed a working wedge-air rocket engine, around which rocket…
Breakthroughs in science made by AI in 2024: archaeological finds, conversations with sperm whales and protein folding
Artificial intelligence or machine learning has become a central topic in many news stories this year. And deservedly so, although…
NASA’s Parker probe makes record approach to the Sun
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will approach the Sun at a record close - just 6.9 million km,…
The moon turned out to be more ancient than expected – scientists have given a new estimate of the age of the satellite
Lunar samples delivered to Earth provide conflicting data on the age of the satellite. Most minerals indicate that the Moon…
China has tested a ramjet engine with detonation for aircraft twice as fast as the Tu-144 and Concorde.
The Chinese company Space Transportation has published a video of the first flight test of a ramjet engine with detonation.…
China said it has created a quantum processor no worse than the acclaimed Google Willow
A week ago, Google announced the creation of the world's most powerful quantum processor, Willow, with 105 superconducting qubits. This…
Our brain works slower than a 50-year-old processor – scientists from Caltech measured the speed of human thought
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) were able to estimate the speed of human thought - it was…
Black holes turned out to be safer than scientists thought – stars and planets can stably “live” next to them
The location of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies appears to be destructive to everything nearby. However, astronomers…
Ancient but pure: scientists dispute the youth of Saturn’s rings
NASA's Cassini probe, which reached Saturn in 2004, found the rings of this planet bright and clean. Scientists have decided…