Quantum could tolerate errors

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 05 August 2009 11:37:48 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Physicists from the University of Queensland have found the emerging field of quantum computing may be more stable than previously thought.

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Growing evidence of marijuana smoke's potential
dangers

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 05 August 2009 11:32:02 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

In a finding that challenges the increasingly popular belief that smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco, researchers in Canada are reporting that smoking marijuana, like smoking tobacco, has toxic effects on cells.

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Healthcare, the road to robotic helpers

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 05 August 2009 11:22:28 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Robots are whirring away in factories all over the world, building cars, phones and cookers. Yet they can do so much more. Robotics for healthcare has been tipped as the next big wave, and Europe should be poised to ride it, according to a European road-mapping study.

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Why atheism is serious business

post from World of Weird Things on 05 August 2009 10:00:25 PM. © World of Weird Things

As atheism gets more and more attention in the media and nonbelievers feel free to announce their worldviews loudly and proudly in a highly religious nation, there?s something important for the atheist community to consider. The spotlight on doubt in thousands of years of religious traditions could easily attract people who?ll shout their atheism from [...]

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Streets, 2

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 05 August 2009 09:59:18 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities

Streets.

Walking around city streets in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.

Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

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SESAM monitors environmental risks around Mt.
Makiling, starts educating communities

post from Home on 05 August 2009 09:56:27 PM. © Home

The School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM) has taken a proactive role in communicating environmental risks which abound in Mt. Makiling- a dormant volcano and source of landslides when Typhoon Milenyo struck Los Baños, killing a number of[...]

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