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Now that's what I call self correcting
Apparently this is the year for breakthroughs in self-correcting computer hardware. After hearing about Jeongwan Haah’s new self-correcting topological quantum memory at QIP, I just learned, via BBC news, about a new type of (classical) self correcting circuit: one which … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Technology
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Why medicine needs scirate.com
Defenders of the traditional publishing model for medicine say that health-related claims need to be vetted by a referee process. But there are heavy costs. In quantum information, one might know the proof of a theorem (e.g. the Quantum Reverse … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Health, Open Science, Science, Science 2.0, Scientific Publishing, scirate
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How people in science see each other
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Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Science, The Loony Bin Called Academia
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TEDxCaltech Streaming Link
TEDxCaltech streaming
Posted in Caltech, Go Ahead, Waste Your Time, Physics, Science
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Balancing the Budget, One NSF Grant at a Time
Now THIS is the kind of idea we pay our Republican house representatives to come up with. A website where we can go through NSF grants and identify the ones we think should not be funded, balancing the budget, one … Continue reading
Posted in Off The Deep End, Politics, Science
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Beyond Postdocalypse
Even more postdocs 🙂 Peter Love from Haverford College has postdocs for quantum simulation, the most important, yet with apologies to those who have made major progress in this field, still least understood portion of quantum algorithms. Which is why … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Quantum Computing, Science
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TEDxCaltech
Oh wow, very cool. TEDxCaltech (http://tedxcaltech.com/): On Friday, 14 January 2011, Caltech is hosting TEDxCaltech, an exciting one-day event to honor Richard Feynman—Nobel Laureate, Caltech physics professor, iconoclast, visionary, and all-around “curious character.” You won’t want to miss a minute. … Continue reading
Posted in Caltech, Science
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Missed This: New John Baez Blog
Hmm, I’m totally out of it as I missed that John Baez, who “blogged” before blogging was the incredibly hip thing to do (which lasted for exactly 2 seconds in 2006?) has a new blog, a new two year visiting … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science, Society
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Book: The Myths of Innovation
Last week I picked up a copy of The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun. It’s a short little book, clocking in at 256 pages, paperback. The subject is, well, read the damn title of the book, silly! Berkun picks … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Technology
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Reimagining Science Networks
Scienceblogs, the science network that was my old (where “old” = “a few days ago”) haunt, is in revolt. Okay, well maybe the network is not in revolt, but there is at least a minor insurgency. Yesterday, the amazing force … Continue reading