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City-size 'cosmic butterfly' carved into Mars' surface contains traces of ancient water
The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried Martian ice.
Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM
The novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date.
Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world's oldest known depiction of a menorah
A pilgrim who visited the Second Temple in Jerusalem may have carved their memories into a limestone block for another synagogue.
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City-size 'cosmic butterfly' carved into Mars' surface contains traces of ancient water
The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried Martian ice.
Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM
The novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date.
Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world's oldest known depiction of a menorah
A pilgrim who visited the Second Temple in Jerusalem may have carved their memories into a limestone block for another synagogue.
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Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM
The novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date.
Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world's oldest known depiction of a menorah
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