Quantum computers are expected to tackle problems that classical computers simply can’t solve, for instance, designing next generation drugs for cancer treatment or optimizing complex logistics at scales unmanageable by classical computers. At the center of many of these powerful machines is something surprisingly tiny: the Josephson junction. While it’s not the only way to build a quantum computer, it’s by far the most successful one to date.
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Meet Olo: The Invention of a New Colour That Human Eyes Have Never Seen Before
Scientists have just created a new colour named Olo, which does not exist within the visible spectrum detectable by a normal human eye. In an experiment conducted by scientists from the University of California and the University of Washington School of Medicine, a new colour was generated by using laser light to stimulate only a single type of light-sensitive cone in the human eye—a colour never before seen by human eyes. The possible description of this colour is to imagine it as a hyper saturated bluish-green.
This Gut Army Fights Disease, Boosts Mood, and Helps You Stay Fit – Meet Probiotics!
Probiotics are live microorganisms—usually bacteria or yeast. “Pro” means for and “biotic” means life, so, literally for life. Probiotics are microscopic and not so visible friend of ours, present in delicious dairy, cereal or pulses-based fermented foods. For all that an army is to a country, probiotics are to the gut. Believe it or not, they actually protect the human gut against harmful invaders who, if given a chance, may attack our system.
From Sci-Fi to Reality: Have We Just Found Signs of Alien Life?
We have been fascinated by the idea of life beyond Earth and the possible war between humans and aliens in various Sci-Fi movies and TV series. But a persistent question still remains:
Do living organisms exist beyond Earth?
This question has haunted human imagination for centuries. From ancient scripts to modern science fiction, the idea that life may exist elsewhere in the cosmos has inspired countless philosophical and scientific theories. However, advancements in fundamental science and observational tools over the past few decades have allowed us to thoroughly investigate those possibilities.
Understanding CMEs Collisions: A Key to Protecting Earth from Future Solar Storms
As we all know, the Sun is the primary source of energy that supports life on our planet, and this energy reaches us in the form of solar radiation. In addition to this, the Sun also occasionally releases massive bursts of charged particles (mainly electrons and protons) into space, accompanied by powerful magnetic field lines. These spectacular outbursts are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). These energetic particles are like bullets, if they were to reach us directly, they could damage our cells, increase the risk of cancer, and even alter human and animal DNA.
What are quantum materials and why are quantum materials important?
In last a few decades, there has been discovery and synthesis of a new class of materials that has astonishing properties but that could not be fully explained by the laws of classical physics. These properties can only be explained by quantum mechanics.
The Border Between Classical and Quantum Worlds: When Does Physics Go Quantum?
The value of this constant is very small = 6.626 x 10−34 J⋅s. At the time, no one fully understood the significance of this extremely small constant, but later we learned that it is this constant that sets the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics. In other words, this seemingly insignificant constant, with the dimension of energy x time, determines whether we need classical physics or quantum mechanics to describe a system.
New Breakthrough on Solar Wind Unveiled by India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)!
You may wonder that based on their limited observation, in the early days, people thought the Sun had an atmosphere, like Earth, experiencing seasons and even forming clouds. These clouds were thought to be responsible for the dark spots observed on the Sun’s surface (now the same is known the sunspot, a dark spot appears on the sun’s surface due to low temperature region).
The Quantum Evolution: Quantum Mechanics Developed Just Like Quantum Mechanics Works
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Quantum confinement effect: controlled dance of electrons at microscopic level
Every solid material is made up of atoms and atoms have electrons. The arrangement of electrons in a material determines the properties of the material. In bulk materials (when the size of the material is big enough, let’s say more than 100 nm), the electrons are free to move in all the three dimensions (similar to us, as we also live in 3D) and at this level classical physics can explain all the behaviour of the materials. However, if we reduce the size of the material to microscopic scale, where electron movement is restricted at least in once dimension, the properties of the material change dramatically