Google’s Sycamore chip is kept cool inside their quantum cryostat. Google just took a quantum leap in computer science. Using the company’s state-of-the-art quantum computer, called Sycamore, Google has claimed “quantum supremacy” over the most powerful
Seven supersonic jets of plasma collide during an early test firing of the Plasma Liner Experiment. Generating endless energy with zero emissions by just slamming hydrogen atoms together has been somewhat of a pipe dream for decades. Now, scientists may…
The mind-bending calculations required to predict how three heavenly bodies orbit each other have baffled physicists since the time of Sir Isaac Newton. Now artificial intelligence (A.I.) has shown that it can solve the problem in a fraction of the…
Researchers have discovered a volcano under the sea near Minamitorishima Island, Japan. There’s no cause for alarm — the volcano last erupted 3 million years ago. That’s a long time for humans, but it makes the newly discovered seamount a…
The lava lake at Kilauea’s summit on May 6, 2018, before the onset of the caldera collapse. The lava lake surface had fallen about 656 feet (200 meters) since the onset of the eruption. The 2018 eruption of Kilauea in…
In times of intense stress, people sometimes let out their angst with a squeal — and a new study suggests that plants might do the same. Unlike human screams, however, plant sounds are too high-frequency for us to hear…