Review: Mission to Mars

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Today, though, he seems better known as a minor celebrity in pop culture, lending his name to advertising efforts like the space tourism contest by deodorant company Axe, dabbling in writing science fiction, or appearing on the reality TV show Dancing ... See all stories on this topic »

The Space Review

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What is a quantum computer — and why does Google need one?

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A quantum computer takes advantage of a principle in physics that on the atomic scale particles can be in many places at once or have multiple properties such as magnetism or an electrical charge simultaneously. They would store data in these multiple ... See all stories on this topic »

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Is Google's Quantum Computer Worth the Hype? - Yahoo! News

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From Yahoo! News: Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly ...

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Google and NASA team up to use quantum computer - New Scientist

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New big-name clients for quantum-computer maker D-Wave may signal that their devices are going mainstream – but are they really that fast?

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Hemp Waste Could Yield Super-Cheap Graphene

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Graphene is an ideal material for batteries and supercapacitors, energy storage devices designed to deliver short burst of power. Because of its high cost, however, most manufacturers must choose commercial supercapacitors that use activated carbon ...

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How space tourism could open our eyes, help save Earth

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Orbital space tourism is already a reality, but the list of spaceflyers is very short. Since 2001, seven different paying customers have flown to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz capsules, plunking down tens of millions of dollars ...

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Rice theorists suggest layered graphene-boron Li-ion electrode

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Calculations by the Rice lab of theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson suggest that a layered graphene/boron (C3B) Li-ion battery anode material should have a ...

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Graphene: Material of the Future? - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY

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Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen - Die RWTH Aachen ist ein Ort, an dem die Zukunft unserer industrialisierten Welt gedacht wird.

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Elusive Graphene Butterfly Finally Spreads Its Wings

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Graphene is an ultra-thin, ultra-conducting, ultra strong material that could spawn a whole new generation of ultra-efficient electronics, and hundreds if not thousands of researchers around the globe are racing to unlock the secrets behind its unique ...

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Uncertainty fading from quantum computer - USA Today

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'Quantum' computing offer advantages over today's microprocessors, in theory, because of uncertainty about what's what on the atomic level.

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UTEP team's project wins venture titles

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Eva Deemer, center, a graduate student in Material Science & Engineering at UTEP shows a piece of Graphene in a UTEP lab with fellow graduate student Diego Capeletti, left, and undergraduate Alex Pastor. Three University of Texas at El Paso students ...

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Outer space comes closer to a regime

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And in the last few years, states like Iran, North Korea and South Korea have all joined the coveted club of space-faring nations. On 29 April 2013, a suborbital air-launched space plane (Space Ship Two), being designed and developed for space tourism ...

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NASA, Google Buy $15 Million Quantum Computer from Canadian Company

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Google and NASA have bought a quantum computer which is 3,600 times faster than conventional computers called the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab (QAIL). The QUAIL is kept at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley and staffed by Google ... See all stories on this topic »

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