Computer science
How Does Quantum Error Correction Work?
Quantum error correction protects fragile quantum information by encoding one logical qubit across several physical qubits and repeatedly measuring error information wit…
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Computer science
What Is a Qubit? How Qubits Work in Quantum Computing
A qubit, or quantum bit, is the basic unit of quantum information. Qubits use quantum states with amplitude and phase, can become entangled, and must be controlled befor…
Conquer Mars
NASA's 'oldest' Mars orbiter has not run out of fuel yet
An error in calculating the remaining fuel of the 22-year-old Mars Odyssey orbiter had experts thinking it was about to end its mission.
Oceanography
'The Little Mermaid' movie poster mocked for containing basic scientific errors
Poster to promote the movie
New technology
The most powerful computer in the world
Quantum computing systems with hundreds of thousands to millions of qubits are being developed by IBM and Google, expected to be completed in the next 10 years.
AI - Artificial intelligence
Discovering more than 2 million new crystal structures, Google's AI shortens 800 years of research for humanity
Instead of spending time and effort on trial and error experiments to find new materials, Google's AI development department used machine learning models to shorten this…
Flu epidemic
'Error' discovered in Moderna, Pfizer Covid vaccines: What does science say?
A new discovery about
Space science
How much is time on the Moon different from that on Earth?
Time on the Moon runs 56 microseconds faster than on Earth. This can cause a positioning error of up to 17 km per day.
Archeology
There is a 130,000 year gap in human evolutionary history, so what happened during this period?
This 130,000 year period in human evolutionary history is considered a fossil error and no one can explain exactly what happened to humans during this time.
Computer science
How to handle when the computer is on but the screen does not display
A fairly common problem is that even though the computer is turned on, the screen has no signal, so how to fix this situation?
Space science
NASA's fight to save a spacecraft 24 billion kilometers away
For about 5 months, experts tried every way to fix the error and restore communication for Voyager 1, a ship that had been operating for nearly half a century.
Space science
NASA found a malfunction on a spacecraft 24 billion km away
Voyager 1 has been transmitting meaningless data since late November last year because a chip on board could have been hit by a high-energy particle.
Discover science
Atomic clocks are off by just one second every nearly 40 billion years
The new atomic lattice clock broke the record for accuracy by missing just one second after 39.15 billion years.
Science story
Three Chinese scientists were accused of using AI images in research projects
A report by three Chinese scientists has been removed from a prestigious scientific journal for using images created by artificial intelligence software.
Computer science
Tips to resolve serious security errors on iPhone
All data on the iPhone uses the phone unlock code to access, but users can increase phone security with this little trick.