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| Connecting the dots between material properties and qubit performance Posted: 30 Sep 2021 11:07 AM PDT Scientists studying superconducting qubits identified structural and chemical defects that may be causing quantum information loss -- an obstacle to practical quantum computation. |
| Scientists create material that can both move and block heat Posted: 30 Sep 2021 09:50 AM PDT Scientists have invented a new way to funnel heat around at the microscopic level: a thermal insulator made using an innovative technique. They stack ultra-thin layers of crystalline sheets on top of each other, but rotate each layer slightly, creating a material with atoms that are aligned in one direction but not in the other. The result is a material that is extremely good at both containing heat and moving it, albeit in different directions -- an unusual ability at the microscale, and one that could have very useful applications in electronics and other technology. |
| How a committed minority can change society Posted: 30 Sep 2021 07:14 AM PDT How do social conventions change? Robotic engineers and marketing scientists joined forces to study this phenomenon, combining online experiments and statistical analysis into a mathematical model that shows how a committed minority can influence the majority to overturn long-standing practices. |
| Making waves: A contactless way to detect damage in transparent materials Posted: 29 Sep 2021 11:28 AM PDT Existing methods to detect microscopic scratches and imperfections on transparent materials are costly and time-consuming. To tackle this problem, researchers developed a novel non-contact, non-destructive approach leveraging laser-induced plasma shockwaves and mechanical vibrations detectable by a high-speed polarization camera. Their strategy could pave the way to convenient and inexpensive quality control schemes for mass-production of high-quality transparent surfaces, with applications in smartphones, tablets, and solar panels. |
| In a negotiation, how tough should your first offer be? Posted: 29 Sep 2021 07:18 AM PDT In a negotiation, how tough should your first offer be? New research shows the first offer can have a significant impact on the eventual outcome. |
| The changing occupation landscape: How automation affects workers health and mortality Posted: 28 Sep 2021 09:13 AM PDT A study on how structural economic risk at the occupational level is linked to long-term health outcomes of employees found that individuals in occupations characterized by high routine intensity are likely to become unemployed in the long term and have higher rates of disability and mortality. Until now, there has been a lack of large-scale population level analyses focusing on how one's job is affected by technology-induced displacement and its health and social effects. |
| Virtual reality affects children differently than adults Posted: 27 Sep 2021 06:21 AM PDT Immersive virtual reality disrupts the child's default coordination strategy, scientists show, something that should be taken into account when developing virtual reality rehabilitation protocols for children. |
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