#may the photons flow to our betterment

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Physicists embark on six-year hunt for dark matter particle

Aalto University researchers will probe the secrets of dark matter using a quantum detector of unprecedented sensitivity

In the pitch dark of the cosmos lurks an invisible kind of matter. Its presence is seen in the rippling ebb and flow of galaxies, but it’s never been directly observed. What secrets lie beneath the surface, brewing in the deep?

Physicists have long theorized about the composition of dark matter, which is thought to be five times more abundant than regular matter. Among competing hypotheses, one particle has emerged as a promising candidate: the axion.

Researchers at Aalto University are setting out on a six-year project to find evidence for the existence of axions. They will do so as part of a newly founded consortium called DarkQuantum, alongside researchers at the University of Zaragoza, who are coordinating the project, as well as researchers at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and other partner institutions.

This new consortium will be the first to use the latest quantum technologies to build sensors with unprecedented scanning sensitivity. DarkQuantum was awarded €12.9 million on October 26 by the European Research Council, of which roughly €2 million is set aside for Aalto University Senior Lecturer and Docent Sorin Paraoanu and his Superconducting Qubits and Circuit QED (KVANTTI) research group.

‘We are peering into a deep, dark pit. If it exists, the axion goes beyond the standard model of elementary particles,’ Paraoanu says. ‘Such an observation would be comparable in significance to the Higgs boson discovery in the early 2010s. But at least with the Higgs boson, they knew where to start looking!’

‘The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in modern science,’ adds University of Zaragoza Professor Igor Garcia Irastorza, who also heads the DarkQuantum consortium. ‘If dark matter is made of axions, we have a real chance of detecting it with this project.’

Although there have been attempts to observe axions in the past, this latest endeavor will capitalize on quantum phenomena to enable researchers to better filter out noise and repeat their experiments with greater fidelity. That’s where Paraoanu and his team come in.

Moving mountains

Zoom into our small corner of the Milky Way galaxy, deep under the mountains spanning the border between Spain and France. This is the site of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, which will house a high-frequency sensor the DarkQuantum researchers plan to build. The other, low-frequency sensor will be located at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg.

Paraoanu and his KVANTTI group are primarily responsible for building and tuning the high-frequency sensor, as well as writing the algorithms and software to use it. This sensor, called a haloscope, will probe the depths of the galactic halo in search of axions.

Putting the sensor deep underground helps eliminate cosmic background radiation, and it may offer a unique opportunity to simultaneously study certain noise-reduction techniques for quantum computing.

‘Our high-frequency sensor will be 10-100 times more sensitive than previous iterations, and it will be able to scan on the scale of a few microelectron volts. It will use superconducting qubits—the same qubits used in quantum computers—but they will serve in a different role as detectors in this haloscope,’ Paraoanu says.

Previous attempts to detect axions have used linear amplifiers, which tend to introduce noise and effectively absorb particles into the system. Paraoanu’s sensor will rely on quantum nondemolition measurements, which will allow for repeated experiments with the same particles.

‘The theory suggests that, in an ultra-cold environment, we can introduce a magnetic field that will cause any axions present to decay into photons. If we detect any photons in the cavity, then we can conclude that axions are present in the system, and that they do indeed exist,’ Paraoanu says.

Synergy Grant

The European Research Council’s Synergy Grant is prestigious, and Paraoanu and his team are only the second in Aalto University’s history to receive the grant—the first was awarded to Professor Risto Ilmoniemi for his ongoing ConnectToBrain project.

The six-year project will be broken into two parts: a four-year scaling up phase, which includes the construction, tuning and transportation of the haloscopes; and a two-year experimental phase, in which the team will gather data. Paraoanu expects to have openings for several researcher positions in the project in the coming years.

Other partner institutions named in the Synergy Grant include the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences, the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, and the Spanish National Research Council.

Paraoanu and the KVANTTI research group will carry out their work using OtaNano equipment. OtaNano is Finland's national research infrastructure for micro-, nano-, and quantum technologies. Specifically, Paraoanu will perform his work at the Low Temperature Laboratory, founded by Finnish physicist Olli V. Lounasmaa. Paraoanu is also involved in InstituteQ and in the new Finnish Quantum Flagship (FQF).

IMAGE....Researchers will utilize quantum technologies to develop one of the world's most sensitive detectors ever built. CREDIT Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University

#science #space #astronomy #physics #astrophysics #DARK MATTER

[hesterhuff51]

6 Books About Philodendron You Need to Check out

Overview (150 phrases):

Low-light plants, likewise referred to as shade-loving plants, are actually an exciting group of organic surprises that flourish in atmospheres with restricted access to drive sunlight. These vegetations have advanced unique adjustments to make the most of the readily available light, permitting all of them to manifest their beauty as well as vigor also in the darkest sections of our offices, houses, and also backyards. In this educational article, our team are going to delve in to the engaging globe of low-light plants, exploring their qualities, perks, and some prominent wide arrays that can easily improve any type of dimly-lit space right into a lush environment-friendly oasis. Whether you are actually a professional plant enthusiast or just starting your eco-friendly quest, this comprehensive overview will certainly elucidate the vital components of low-light plants, making you enjoy their resilience and also payment to our living spaces.

Characteristics of Low-Light Plant kingdom (300 words):

One of the vital qualities of low-light plants is their potential to conduct photosynthesis efficiently in conditions of lessened light magnitude. Unlike sun-loving plants that call for bright or even direct secondary lighting, low-light vegetations have actually conformed to take advantage of the limited photons available to all of them. These plants show a range of physical and also morphological modifications, such as bigger surface of leaves, thinner cuticles, and raised chlorophyll information, to take advantage of as well as record light better.

Yet another significant attribute of low-light plants is their pretty slow-moving growth fee reviewed to their sun-loving versions. Since they spend much more energy into preserving their metabolic processes, their development is actually commonly much more intentional. This feature produces low-light vegetations perfect choices for inside setups where space restrictions may be a problem.

Benefits of Low-Light Plant kingdom (350 words):

Low-light vegetations supply several benefits that create all of them a deserving addition to any kind of space. Firstly, they may enhance inside sky quality through filtering and also detoxifying the air via their organic respiration processes. In addition, low-light vegetations release humidity water vapor, which assists to improve humidity, producing the air a lot more comfortable for owners, particularly in dry out atmospheres.

These vegetations additionally have a relaxing and stress-reducing impact on people, contributing to strengthened mental welfare. Researches have actually revealed that having low-light vegetations in inside rooms may improve productivity, creativity, as well as concentration while lessening anxiety and fatigue. Furthermore, the vegetation supplied by low-light vegetations can visually relax rough interior settings, making them more inviting as well as aesthetically satisfying.

Popular Ranges of Low-Light Plant kingdom (600 words):

1. advice here (Sansevieria trifasciata):. The snake vegetation, additionally called relative's tongue, is actually a popular low-light plant along with striking upright leaves that can be found in a variety of shades of environment-friendly. It is actually extremely durable and also may make it through in low-light conditions with marginal treatment. Serpent plants are recognized for their potential to remove poisonous substances coming from the air, making all of them a great choice for bed rooms and workplaces where air flow might be limited.

2. Pothos (Epipremnum aureum):. Pothos, a vine-like low-light vegetation, is actually renowned for its own heart-shaped leaves that may be variegated or solid environment-friendly. This vegetation is actually exceptionally functional and can easily prosper in both reduced as well as vivid secondary illumination. It is a superb choice for putting up baskets, shelves, or even as a tracking plant in offices or residing rooms.

3. ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia):. The ZZ vegetation is a tough low-light plant along with glossy, dark eco-friendly fallen leaves that increase in an appealing feather-like style. It can easily tolerate exceptionally low-light circumstances and also is drought-tolerant, producing it best for absent-minded or novice landscapers. The ZZ plant is an ideal option for including a contact of elegance to any kind of dimly-lit section.

4. Appointed Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior):. The actors iron plant is actually a robust low-light vegetation that derives its own name from its ability to stand up to neglect and also severe conditions. It includes long, tough leaves that can easily endure low-light areas, producing it an excellent option for dark edges or even rooms without home windows.

Verdict (150 phrases):

Low-light vegetations are a proof to attribute's resilience as well as adaptability. Their capacity to thrive in minimal sunshine as well as improve our in the house rooms along with their elegance and also wellness advantages is genuinely amazing. By choosing the right low-light plants and also offering all of them with effective care, any person can easily change even the darkest sections right into lively environment-friendly sanctuaries. Whether you are finding to strengthen indoor sky top quality, decrease worry, or merely incorporate a contact of natural charm, low-light vegetations deliver a variety of perks that make them an invaluable addition to any space. Thus, go on and also discover the world of low-light plants, as well as permit all of them illuminate your life with their unique beauty and also stamina.

#houseplants #house plants #indoor plants

[rohit890]

Near Infrared Imaging/NIR Market Key Players, Share, Trends, Sales, Segmentation And Forecast To 2031

Market Overview

The global near infrared imaging/NIR market was valued at USD 216.7 million in 2021 and it is anticipated to grow up to USD 614.5 million by 2031, at a CAGR of 11.0% during the forecast period.

Near infrared imaging uses light between 650 to 950 nm to detect any changes induced, injury, or disease. It is a powerful diagnostic tool for minimally invasive and nonionizing method for tissue imaging. NIR are not absorbed well by the blood or water, which are the main components of tissues, thus increases the changes of illumination for internal structures. It is advantageous over other techniques since it provides better resolution and is less harmless to patients.

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Market Dynamics

Growing number of surgical procedures globally will positively impact the market growth. Globally, the number of surgical procedures is on the rise owing to the rising prevalence and incidence of various diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurovascular diseases, and gastrointestinal diseases. Surgical cosmetic procedures and trauma cases are also contributing to the increasing number of surgical procedures. NIR imaging is used for intraoperative imaging during various surgical procedures, such as plastic and reconstructive surgeries, oncology surgeries, gastrointestinal surgeries, cardiovascular surgeries, cardiothoracic surgeries, and neurovascular surgeries. NIR imaging enables surgeons to assess blood flow, tissue viability, and perfusion during these surgeries. In cancer surgeries, NIR imaging is used to establish positive margins that help in the demarcation of cancerous tissues versus normal tissues. Therefore, the increasing number of surgical procedures is expected to drive the NIR imaging market.

Prolonged approval process may hinder the industry growth to some extent. There are only two FDA-approved NIR fluorophores—indocyanine green (ICG) (approved for clinical use in 1959) and methylene blue (MB). However, both ICG and MB are blood pool agents that have no specificity for tumors or normal tissues and are, thus, not ideal fluorophores for fluorescence image-guided surgery. The visualization of the target tissues mainly depends on the efficacy of fluorescent agents, resulting from the difference in the amount of molecular uptake into the target and neighboring normal tissues. Targeted fluorophores enable the visualization of the desired target tissues, thus enhancing the clinical outcomes. However, the introduction of targeted fluorophores is mainly restricted due to the absence of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals.

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The key players in the market are Stryker (US), KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG (Germany), Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (Germany), Leica Microsystems (US), Olympus Corporation (Japan), PerkinElmer, Inc. (US), LI-COR, Inc. (US), Medtronic (US), Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan), and Shimadzu Corporation (Japan), among others.

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“Despite its clear value, only about 7% of U.S. farmers have been able to use evapotranspiration (ET) data to manage irrigation, according to a 2018 U.S. Department of Agriculture survey. This is largely due to difficulty in accessing timely, accurate information on ET at the scale of individual farm fields.”

#crazy #apps #this one helps farmers use water more efficiently #light work #yall #may the photons flow to our betterment #light #love #ag #farms

[popopretty]

Hi! Sorry to bother you! First, thank you for all your hard work with the translations !! I would like to ask if is there any information about Chuuya's wings and the rings around him in the last chapter of Stormbringer when he decides to use Corruption? I want to draw the scene but I'm not sure about the details. Thank you if you answer! Love your blog <3

Hi,

Sorry it took so long for me to answer this. I saw the ask but couldn’t find time during the week to check the novel to get the answer. In the end, I decided that I would just translate a small part before and after that scene so you can get a better overview for your art. I am sorry if you have got the answers from someone else already. Also, this part has a short inner convo between Chuuya and Verlaine that I like a lot so I do want more people to read it :)

Feel free to retranslate if you want. Please note that I am not native in either Japanese nor English and may make some mistakes though. Thank you so much.

SPOILERS AHEAD

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Chuuya was floating in the sky, lonely, with his whole body bleeding.

His body was almost at its limit. Because on top of Guivre’s attacks, the powerful gravity that he generated was too much for a delicate human body to withstand. Bruises, dislocations, torn muscles, and broken bones. He was literally just using gravity to support his body and somehow maintain a decent shape.

That figure was more lonely than anyone else in this world.

Those eyes moved. They turned to another lonely figure - The Demonic Beast Guivre.

Chuuya fell forward. And just like that, he accelerated forward. He leaped into the air and plunged into Guivre’s chest as if he was being sucked in by it. He hit it. 

The attack went through the gravitational guard of the beast’s outer skin, and reached the turbidity of time inside. A violent dark wave immediately rushed in and snatched Chuuya’s body away, trying to tear it into pieces.

Arahabaki roared. He squeezed his two hands, creating a black hole. It rotated, and after swallowing up the muddy stream, became huge and brought out a giant photon sphere. The two gigantic forces voided each other one after another. A storm of heat, vacuum and time raged around Chuuya.

Chuuya was watching that in his faint and disappearing consciousness. When he opened the “gate”, he had already handed over the control of his body to Arahabaki. The only thing he could do was to observe the battle. But even that consciousness was nothing more than a spark of light that seemed to be fading away in the midst of the clash between the God and the Demon that was beyond human comprehension.

The black space let out a scream. It sounded like the voice of someone crying out. The voice of the loneliest someone on earth. A voice that seemed to be lost in the black torrent of hatred. But with the energy being consumed by Arahabaki’s photon sphere, that voice finally reached Chuuya’s ears.

“End this already.”, said the voice.

“This beast speaks for my emotions. Why giving birth to me, when I should never have been born in the first place? I am a pitiful soul who holds onto a question that has no answers, hating on my own existence and only getting a sense of my own life by means of assassination.”

“End it, brother. With your own two hands. End this lonely soul who couldn’t believe in this world, who couldn’t believe in human, like you.”

“I know.” Chuuya replied in his consciousness that was about to be blown away.

“You couldn’t bear the loneliness. That’s why you came to Japan. But that is not a bad thing. It’s just that your roll of dice happened to come out bad. It just happened that your dice came up with the lonely “one”, and mine came up differently. I got a side that was blessed with friends. That’s all. Even if our positions were reversed, it would not have been strange at all.”

“Moreover, it’s not just hatred that you have. You actually doesn’t want to hate. That’s why you showed me your memories. You showed me the way to destroy the Demonic Beast of Guivre. Isn’t that right, Verlaine?”

Beyond the storm of the swirling dark torrent, someone’s light was glowing like a shooting star.

Chuuya’s “gate” opened further. The rotating black hole grew even bigger. The photon sphere was now huge enough to overwhelm the space. From Chuuya’s back, a black gravity “control stick” emerged, one on each side. Those were the tails of the beast of Arahabaki. The manifestation of the divine beast burning in black. But it looked just like a pair of wings sprouting from Chuuya’s back.

“Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Chuuya, now with the wings, shouted and raised his two hands upward. With that as a signal, the rotating black hole suddenly became huge. The photon sphere shone like a supernova, and cut the body of the giant beast in half from the inside.

The flattened and crushed black hole which was even larger than the giant beast, together with the photon sphere that was circling and shining around it; they lit up the Yokohama’s night and burnt deeply into the eyes of people.

“That is Arahabaki... Chuuya’s real form?” Dazai who was watching this from the ground, muttered in a voice that sounded like he was delirious from the heat.

Chuuya’s raised arms. The horizontal photon sphere that illuminated the ground. The burning black wings on that back. Chuuya’s face with his eyes closed. The incarnation of a raging God. The black divine beast. 

The Demonic Beast collapsed and was suck into that photon sphere. That was like a process of a positive infinity being cancelled out by a negative infinity. The huge body broke down, its flesh turned into snow-like particles and drifted down to the centre of the photon sphere like gently dancing powder. With the flow of time inside the high gravity area being slower, from the outside, the destruction appeared to be terribly slow, even graceful.

The giant beast was not crying. It just opened its mouth and stood still silently as if accepting its fate. The photon sphere generated from its body engulfed its chest and its waist, then its arms and its legs, and finally shallowed its head. There was not a single sound. A tranquil disappearance. The death of a terribly quiet night that somehow went so well with the moonlight.

Eventually, even the photon sphere reached the end of its life. The rotating black hole collapsed while emitting heat rays. The smaller it become, the more heat it generated, and finally the black hole itself became a giant ball of light containing heat rays. It became a second sun, illuminating the night before finally quietly and gently disappearing.  

After losing his strength, Chuuya drifted in the air for a few seconds, then lost the black wings on his back and slowly fell.

Dazai caught his body.

From the spot where Dazai touched, the nullification skill was activated.　The self-contradictory skill supporting the energy of the singular point receded, and the output of the singular point decreased. Eventually, it converged and the "gate” closed. The red imprints disappeared from Chuya’s whole body. Eventually, the gravitational field disappeared and the complete silence was restored.

“Good job, Chuuya.“ Dazai chuckled, looking at the Chuuya he was holding in his arms. "I forgot to bring my ink pen, so I’ll spare you from having your face scribbled.”

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #storm bringer #nakahara chuuya #dazai osamu #skk #spoilers

[captains-simp]

Carol Danvers ~ Two Sides Of The Same Coin

Chapter 2: Owe Me

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The explosion on your left was far too close for comfort. The shock sent your body hurling forward a few feet with a distinct ringing in your ears. The high pitched sound was all you could focus on for a few precious moments.

When the dust started to settle and the ringing got slightly quieter, you knew you needed to get up. You were vulnerable. And you were outnumbered.

You could handle something like four or five-to-one, but twenty was a little more than you had been prepared for. The fact that they were a heavily armed twenty made it worse. You were pretty sure you had seen Owen's logo on one of those weapons.

You turned onto your side to try to take in your surroundings better but visibility was still limited. The shoulder you had landed on protested against your movements but you were forced ignore it. There was no way you were going to get out of there without using it again.

You groaned as you finally got yourself onto your knees and pushed off of the ground to stand. You were extremely disorientated and unsteady but you continued to look around until you could make out distant shapes amongst the dust.

You shook your head and raised your hands in closed fists infront of you in hopes of it preparing you even a little.

Just as you managed to narrow your focus onto those infront of you, heavy footsteps were heard from behind.

You spun around to meet whoever was charging towards you only to stumble sideways. Much to your luck, the exact moment you moved to the side the attacker had swing his fist and ended up stumbling forward too from having not landed his punch.

You noticed this just in time and managed to swipe his legs out from under him while maintaining your own balance. The victory, no matter how small, made you feel more confident about the situation. Maybe you would be able to get out of there in one piece.

Just as you had that optimistic thought bullets went whizzing by the side of your head. You were grateful for the attacker's terrible aim as you ducked behind a large cluster of debris.

Your gun had been thrown from your grasp in the blast and to get it back you would have to run a few feet away from the safety of your temporary cover. Bullets continued to smack against the debris, the frequency and the amplitude both increasing to warn you they were getting closer.

It would hard - near impossible - to get your gun, shoot every attacker with the few bullets you had and avoid getting seriously injured, but it was that or wait behind the debris for a bullet to finally find you.

Your eyes locked onto your unharmed gun as you sat up gradually. Now or never.

You sprang up from your position and sprinted towards your weapon as the bullets relentlessly followed you. You swiped it in your hand and instantly aimed your gun towards the attackers.

They may have had bigger, much more intimidating guns, and there may have been a lot more of them, but they had no idea what to do with those guns or how to work coherently together. That made it easier for you to hit each target perfectly without a single bullet even skimming you.

But there was only ten of them down. The blast had disorientated you so much you hadn't noticed them scatter to surround you. Panic rose in your chest when you saw the remaining attackers spaced out in the distance.

That same panic was amplified when a small object came hurtling towards you, the small blinking light was enough for you to figure out what it was.

With all the energy you could muster, you put as much distance between you and the explosive device as your legs could give you. Your hands instinctively covered your head when your feet left the ground and the defeaning boom filled your ears.

You expected to feel bullets rain down on you. You expected everything to go completly dark. You expected the worst. Nothing happened.

You glanced up at the nearest attacker, your ears ringing once again, and saw him staring up at the sky. He was looking around frantically. You couldn't really make out his face, but you could tell he was scared.

You couldn't see anything in the sky either, leading you to wonder what they were all trying to look at. That was very quickly answered when something bright dropped down infront of you.

You were dazed for a brief moment until the familiarity of the bright light hit you.

The energy around Carol was far stronger than it was the last couple of times you had a demonstration. It was flowing over her entire body and although you couldn't see her face because her back was turned to you, the confidence and power she emitted was something you couldn't help but be in awe of.

The attackers backed away slightly however this seemingly wasn't enough for Carol. She shot her photon blasts faster than anyone could comprehend or get away from. Swirls of blue, yellow and red light was fired in every direction and it was over so quickly.

When Carol turned around to face you her powers were fading yet the soft glow around her made her look angelic, you would never admit that to her of course.

"You look like you need some help." The blonde smiled knowingly down to you.

"I'm perfectly fine on my own." You defied stubbornly.

"On the floor?" She gave a smug grin as you huffed and got off of the floor. You patted the dust of your clothes and tried to assess your next move while you tried even harder to ignore the hero and the fact she may have just saved your life.

"You could say thank you." The smirk was still present in Carol's voice.

"Are they dead?" You asked, avoiding the statement like the bullets you had just encountered. You walked towards the nearest attacker with Carol close behind.

"Just knocked out." As she said that, the nearest man groaned and tried to sit up. "I guess not all of them." The man startled when he heard Carol's voice and sat bolt upright as he legs kicked out to try and back himself away, it didn't work very well.

"Can we go back to our convosation before you started shooting at me?" You asked as you stood over him.

"I don't know anything." He stammered as he looked between the two of you.

"You're awful defensive for someone who doesn't have anything to hide."

"I've noticed that with a lot of people." Carol added. You didn't object to her presence this time.

"I don't, I swear! We were just told that if anyone came looking for Daexire we had to kill them." The man explained with a pleading look.

You smiled at his answer and nodded slowly, taking a step away from the two and glancing around at the other attackers, non of which moved.

"You're happy with that?" Carol questioned as her brows furrowed. Confused by your apparent contentment.

"It's actually quite relieving to hear. It means I'm on the right track. I much prefer people trying to kill me over people misleading me." You explained as you started to wander away.

You had been in that situation before, it always happened with the biggest bounties who had a lot of people defending them. The misleading happened first, and then the paranoia kicked in and everyone was told to go into full defense. It also meant you were getting closer, but with Daexire you were sure you had a way to go before you could truly celebrate any progress.

"So you know where to go next?" You cringed slightly at that. It did help, but the next place you had in mind was one you never thought you would return to. You had wanted to put it off for longer, but seeing how defensive the people in that area had been made it the logical place to go.

You didn't answer Carol, knowing what she was going to suggest. She seemed to know what your silence meant.

"You know...you kind of owe me now." She said slowly. You turned to her sharply and met her searching gaze. You hated that she was right. You also hates being in people's debt. "And don't say you had it under control because we both know you didn't." You still stayed silent but avoided her gaze this time, pretending to survey your surroundings.

"We're on the same side, you know?" She said. There was no arrogant tone to her voice this time. No superiority. She spoke as though it was genuinely something she wanted you to understand. You did.

"I have rules." You stated, looking back at her. Carol smiled hopefully, it suited her. "You follow my lead when we're talking to people." Carol instantly opened her mouth to oppose but you stopped her by speaking louder. "I know these people, you don't. I know how they work, how they think. You can fight, Danvers, I'll give you that. I know that you're a superhero and all, but what we're doing now is bounty hunting. That's my world. It'll only work if you follow my lead." You explained to her as best you could. You needed her to understand that. Carol considered your words as she searched your face for...well you weren't entirely sure what she was looking. So you took a guess.

"I know I'm getting money out of this when it's done. But it's about more than that with Daexire, I know what he's done, what he'll continue to do. He needs to be stopped, and we can only stop him if this is done right. I'm not even going to attempt to boss you around, you're far too stubborn, just trust that I know this better."

She continued to look at you carefully until, you weren't sure you even wanted to hazard a guess as to know what she was thinking. Finally, Carol nodded tightly, you knew she was still unsure. It must have been a while since someone had asked that of her, you just hoped she would understand early on.

"Great." You released a breath you didn't know you had been holding and ran a hand through your hair as you stepped back.

"Do I at least get to fly your ship?" Carol asked as a mischievous twinkle emerged in her eyes. You rolled your eyes to stop the smile that threatened to form as you walked back to your ship.

"Don't push it, Danvers."

#brie larson #captain marvel #captain marvel imagines #captain marvel x reader #carol danvers #carol danvers imagines #carol danvers x reader #captain marvel series #carol danvers series #enemies to allies to lovers #enemies to lovers

[wisdomrays]

TAFAKKUR: Part 268

EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE: Part 3

THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE

Another article, published in Nature, presents us the first and deepest picture of space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This caused the astronomers to compete in solving the mysteries of the arts of God. The picture, also known as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, was broadcasted and published in various programs and journals. It has not only shown us the farthest stars of the universe, but the youngest as well. It was very difficult to detect such weak light with the former technology. This picture reveals the embryonic universe, with an age of only 500 million years old. Estimated age of the universe is 13-14 billion years. Three physicists from American Natural History Museum in New York started a competition to publish an article on the Ultra Deep Field picture after the data was disclosed. They hope to answer many questions about the past and future universe. A group at the Stony Brook University, New York, directed by Kenneth Lanzetta, analysed the embryonic samples in the picture to try to discover when various galaxies had been born and how they had evolved. Two other groups are studying the motions of stars and galaxies, as the picture is a result of data collected over a month.

Having looked at the expansion of universe under the light of recent discoveries, now we turn our attention to two other arguments that could be relevant to expansion. Namely, ether (a substance which it is believed fills up the vast universe and which is the ultimate building block of the space), and the seven-layer-universe.

Despite the Michelson-Morley experiment, which argued against theory of luminiferous ether, the propagation of electric, light, or heat in space shows the existence of a substance through which they flow. The Michelson-Morley experiment is nothing more than just a test of the non-existence of certain qualities of ether. For example, in order to show the existence of photons, of which light is made up, we cannot go beyond showing the features of photons. In other words, depending on how we have defined its qualities, we can observe different aspects in the photon, ether, or anything else. In fact, even today, we don’t really know what a photon really is, although we observe its affects every day. In short, it is not possible to show the non-existence of phenomena that cannot be absolutely defined. Instead, we can only test the existence of the properties that we have defined and attributed to them, and thus we better understand their nature of existence in the context of those pre-defined qualities. Hence, the existence of ether is still controversial and needs more thorough research.

SEVEN LAYERS

Regarding the seven-layer-universe, on the other hand, how is it possible for ether to manifest itself in seven heavens? It may be that these seven layers are not all posed above our heads, but rather that they may be found one with another. The universe is composed of many systems and networks that are the building blocks of their counterparts on larger scales. Each system is governed by laws, which differ slightly from one another. Inside the atom there exists a proton with its unique organization and in a proton we find quarks. For example, communication between protons and electrons is mediated by the electromagnetic force, while the quarks inside the protons communicate via the strong force. These interleaved circles show us that the universe is indeed composed of numerous layers.

We may use these layers for the metaphysical world as well. The human being is not only composed of matter, but also has a mind, a soul, and intelligence. Although these components are accepted as existing by all, their exact nature has not yet been explained by positive sciences.

It seems that the universe is composed of at least two different worlds: The material world (physical) and the immaterial (metaphysical) world. Are these two worlds completely separate, or do they have some features in common? In fact, the existence of humanity might prove to be this common set. But, it may also be true for the universe itself. Nursi states that the distant galaxies, stars and planets are not empty, but home to many spirits and angels who have their own consciences. Thus, one can say that despite the boundaries which separate these two worlds, such as different numbers of temporal and spatial dimensions, they constitute a whole, the Universe. The interaction between them will never fail as long as the universe exists.

The existence of two separate worlds is not that difficult to believe, but there is more:

It is He Who (prepared the earth for your life before He gave you life, and) created all that is in the world for you (in order to create you – the human species – and make the earth suitable for your life); then He directed (His Knowledge, Will, Power, and Favor) to the heaven, and formed it into seven heavens. He has full knowledge of everything. (Baqara 2:29)

The Qur’an calls the heaven where the sun, moon and stars are the lowest heaven or the heaven of the world (Mulk 67:5). The other six heavens may be the heavens of the worlds of the Hereafter.1 We are not sure whether this seven-layer heavens can only be attributed to the physical universe. It might be able to apply to the universe as a whole, with its all seen and unseen layers as well. Even the worlds of angels and spirits may be expanding in accordance with the laws therein, to show how the power and the wealth of God are comprehended in those worlds as well. Although our Earth is finite, the expansion may not be restricted to our finite world, but it may continue in infinite worlds as well.

It is possible that the space being filled with ether has an important role in paving the orbits of planets or stars, as well as other heavenly bodies. We believe that future studies on dark matter, ether, and string theory will help us to better understand the expansion process of the universe.

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MEET NEIL ENGGIST

We recently interviewed Swiss-American painter Neil Enggist to talk about his life, work and how he is coping with self-isolation. Neil’s exhibition The Practice of the Wild was supposed to open at the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York last month as the 8th edition of Art@The Consulate but was postponed due to COVID-19. 

Hi Neil, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. Where are you right now? It is my pleasure. I’m in New Jersey. I have a backyard studio near Princeton, in the old house where I grew up. I’m staying put as much as I can.

Tell us about yourself, where did you grow up? My mother is from Taiwan and my father was born and raised in Luzern, both coming for graduate studies in 1969 to Buffalo. I was born and raised in Princeton Junction in an old stone house near a small forest and the train station. My father was teaching in the Bronx and Connecticut, then trying his hand at importing Swiss Chocolate, but at some point in the 1970s, he turned to stained glass. I remember him cutting, wrapping, and soldering in the backyard. My mother worked for the state of NJ, and drew from the model in her spare time. I drew dinosaurs like a maniac, not very well I may add, but at some point around age 7, my father asked me to draw a dinosaur that he made into a stained glass panel. As a family we traveled to Luzern about every 2 years, and I still remember the smell of Birenwecken and lightning over the Vierwaldstättersee. I drew all the time but wasn’t precocious, as a youth, I was shy, quiet, hot tempered, diligent with school, perfectionist, and mostly played soccer and saxophone and you know, did my math homework.

When did you know you wanted to become an artist? I went to art school at Washington University in 2000, but it wasn’t until studying abroad in Florence in 02 that I had the feel of becoming an artist. There is a laminated portrait from first grade, age 6, where I put into writing that I wanted to be an ‘Artist.’ But in Florence my life felt like it shifted from art student to artist, 3 dear friends and I shared an apartment on Piazza Independenza, learning photography, printmaking, illustration, bookmaking, Italian and art history at a tiny art school called Santa Reparata. My future Love lived up the street and sometimes the cheap red wine would flow. Behind every door were Renaissance frescos, leaping off the walls were Donatellos, and it was the beginning of my explorations as a painter. I would paint plein-air small landscapes and cityscapes with oils, but by the end my ambition grew into a very large Kandinskyesque abstract rendition of Michelangelo’s Final Judgment fresco from the Sistine wall. A year later, back in St. Louis I declared painting as my major, and in the words of Joe Campbell, began ‘following my bliss.’

Neil Enggist, Sea on Earth, acrylic and stain on wood, 2011

How would you describe your style? Has it changed over the years? I would say it’s an Organic Abstract Expressionism, or Nature Action Painting. Over nearly 20 years, YES it has changed! Like a photon going from point A, painting the Ponte Vecchio, to B, dancing on a piece of steel with turmeric and ocean water, taking every single possible path! To say it’s moved linearly would be wrong, but there is a sequence of transformations or leaps, in the Ozarks, Mysticism, Heartbreak, Dylan, New Mexico, Traveling Europe, The Mir, snow painting, India, Brooklyn, Voice and Veil, Gardening, going cross county, yoga, India again, the dance, steel, the tides, The Tao and the Yellow Mountains, devotion. I’m very interested how Dylan’s work has transformed and shifted, beyond expectation, without calculation, yet somehow almost always in line with his poetic essence. My paintings have changed like dinosaurs and birds, from a common source, many branches, some seemingly from different worlds, some becoming bones and fossils, some soaring through the sky.

Tell us about your artistic practice, where do you paint, what inspires you? Well we can start with Highway 61.. music of the American vernacular, jazz, blues, country, rock, folk, hip hop.. from Louis Armstrong, Strange Fruit, Charlie Parker, to the early Bluesmen of the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson, folksingers like Woody Guthrie, onwards and outwards to Wutang and Nas. Basquiat inspires me. Ana Medieta, DeKooning, Paul Klee, David Hammons, Polke, Mel Chin, James Turrell, Richard Long, Kerry James, Doig, Ofili, Wangechi Mutu, John Akomfrah, Bonnard, Matisse, Puryear too. Gary Snyder's brilliant collection of essays 'The Practice of the Wild,' from where the title of the exhibition comes, has helped me attune to the wild systems at play in nature and within, and continues to evolve my way of thinking, seeing, and creative being. Taking a journey into nature, not just a dip into nature, but really feeling the connections, the web that runs through the forest and is woven into your own nature. The Redwoods, the Swiss Alps, the Coast of California.. I lose and become myself here. In my practice, nature is welcomed into the process of artistic creation. The imagined line between artistic intention and the creative functioning of wilderness is blurred, or more accurately, these spheres merge into a unified moment. It’s a spiritual practice, a kind of Taoist exercise, merging with the changes of the natural world, not holding, not fixing, listening to what the painting wants to become, and finding the color to enable the beholding. I paint outside and on the road, sometimes inside.. anywhere..

Neil Enggist, Odyssey III, acrylic, dye and turmeric on canvas, 2020

What role does Switzerland play in your life/art? My family has a house in Luzern, with a balcony opening to a view of Mount Pilatus that I would call perfect.. at least on the days where it’s not obscured by Nebel! Since 2012, I’ve been spending many springs / summers living there, in the bohemian remodeling of our chalet attic called the Macolette. I have painted and drawn our view of Pilatus so many times, it is ingrained in my mind’s eye. I’ve explored and hiked the mountains surrounding the Vierwaldstättersee, Grindelwald, Engadin, and Zermatt, finding places on and off the path to paint. When I am in the mountains, alone with my pack, in the quietude and breathtaking beauty, I feel something akin to being home, being one with myself, being on my true path. This feeling is fleeting and eternal. Also, during many of the summers, I have worked with my great friend and mentor, garden designer, Andre Ammann, constructing and maintaining gardens around Luzern. Working with him has taught me in so many ways, to notice the minute changes of spring, to work with contrasts of nature and culture, to understand placement of boulders and trees, how to create a riverscape, to dissolve into the consciousness of the river. When we are done with the work, all cleaned, raked, and hosed down, Andre and I look at our work, and he’ll say, ‘Now, the garden starts, try to see how this will look in 10 years, in 50 years..’ This has been a major influence in my own ‘Practice of the Wild’ and painting. It has also taught me how to shovel!

You have traveled all over the world, how has the nomad life shaped your art? As a traveler, painting becomes the act of experiencing and processing place; the painting becomes an archive of experience. Traveling serves to connect the painter with the uncomfortable and uncalculated, which forces a spontaneity and body-memory response. I aim to paint as one would do battle and dance and play jazz at once. In traveling, the painter becomes the abstraction, inhabiting transient and visionary territory. Materials from places of special significance, white gypsum sand from New Mexico, pigment from the Holi festival of India, black sand from Kanyakumari, gravel from Highway 61, layer into the topography, giving the painting a personal geographic context, while opening formal and textural possibilities. On the road, I explore the spiritual territory of color, and natural occurrences of unearthly blues.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, travel is no longer possible, in what ways has the pandemic shaped your practice / life? I just drove from California to NY in 5 days to install the Consulate show, just before the Covid situation hit the fan. I am supposed to be in India right now, doing a residency in the Himalayas! I’ve had a number of shows postponed and it just really doesn’t seem like people are buying many paintings right now.. But, really compared to people who are sick, caring for loved ones, and risking their lives to care for others, my sacrifices are minuscule. And I can most surely still paint! But I’m trying to use this time to do things I would have done in ‘normal’ times, but there are no normal times anymore. I’ve been making sculptures out of half rotten wood using an ax and a handsaw. I’ve been learning some Tai Chi from my Ma. I’ve started reading the Mahabharata. I’ve been texting whole a lot of hearts to California and writing love songs, and staying out of the bar.. 

Neil Enggist, That Great Mysterious Storm, acrylic, ink, oil and sand on canvas, 2010  

What important lessons do you think we can learn from the impact of the pandemic? Well, first and foremost gratitude for life, health, and for the things that we used to take for granted. To be grateful for the people who are dear to us. This may sound cliché, but the pandemic has shown us how connected we are, for better and for worse. We are interdependent, and what affects one region affects the global community. I hope that people can stop and reassess their personal and collective relationship with the planet.  In a profound and dire way, humans and our socio-economic systems have entered an unbalanced, virus-like relationship with this Earth. Humans seem to need wake up calls to affect changes, I hope this pandemic serves as a paradigm shift for enough of us. We are in this together. Yes when this is over, it will be great to go to a yoga class, an Indian restaurant, and to toast with friends, but we each need to use this time to reaffirm our commitments to each other and to all beings of this planet, and not go back to business as usual.  

What advice do you have for people stuck at home? Can you recommend something to read, listen or watch? Well I’m a Liverpool fan, and we were just about to WIN the premier league, so I’ve had to go back and watch Liverpool highlights to cope. There’s a lovely interview with the legendary skipper Steven Gerrard in conversation with Gary Neville on youtube. I’m a very lazy television watcher, meaning I don’t really watch new things, so it’s The Sopranos, and very little else. Peaky Blinders is good, violent, but solid. Kurosawa’s ‘Dreams’ is a ravishing movie.  I just saw ‘Purple Rain’ again, EPIC. When I drove across country I listened to Toni Morrison’s own reading of her novel ‘A Mercy,’ and it took my breath away, literally every sentence .. I don’t know how I even made it!  She’s a true master in telling a harrowing story in pure poetry. Also reading ‘An Indigenous People’s History of the United States’ and Leonard Peltier’s ‘Prison Writings.’  Musically I needed a lil rock, so I went back to the Black Keys ‘Brothers’, Brittany Howard’s solo ‘Jaime’ is good, JS Ondara, Black Pumas, Valerie June’s ‘Love Told a Lie,’ AM!R’s ‘Parachute, ‘ and the syrupy ‘Cigarettes after Sex.’ I’ve been listening as well to Gann Brewer’s most recent ‘Absolution.’ I made the video for his ‘River Song.’ Tracy Chapman’s first album is incredible. Springsteen’s ‘The River’ is like his White Album and sometimes I need to hear the Boss sing ‘Heart and Soul’ over and over.. and hear that ‘Drive All Night’ sax solo by the late great Clarence Clemons. I am from Jersey, don’t forget. Listening to a lot of John Prine too, and with his recent passing, his music shines like a diamond ring. ‘Christmas in Prison’ is one of my favorites of many. Oh and Bob Dylan just released a 17 minute song about the assassination of JFK, and it’s .. indescribable.

Thank you Neil! 

To find out more about Neil Enggist go to www.neilenggist.com, contact Neil at [email protected] and follow him @neilenggist 

Scroll down for more information about the exhibition The Practice of the Wild which will open to the public as soon as it is safe to do so. Please note that all paintings depicted in this article are featured in the exhibition. 

NEIL ENGGIST

THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD 

8TH EDITION OF ART@THE CONSULATE 

THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD by Swiss-American painter Neil Enggist is comprised of a series of abstract mixed media Nature Action Paintings, a method by which nature performs an integral part in the artistic process. 

Neil Enggist, The Storm Ends, acrylic, ink, dye and sand on canvas, 2019

“My work seeks to embody the random precision through which life and spirit intersect. Within a liminal environment, I present set of conditions where the form can be born through an unfolding of natural currents. The nature of water, marks of evaporation, melting, freezing, burning, gravity, animal tracks, traces of dance, time, storms, tides and all manner of seasonal and emotional weather coincide to transform the canvas into a terrain in flux. Whether I am dripping ink into a melting tuft of snow, pouring the ocean on burning ink, or slashing the surface with a fallen pine branch, each action is composed within a system of nature. The result is a site of becoming where oceanic, emotive, and mystical stories interplay” 

Raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Neil Enggist studied fine arts at Washington University in St. Louis and Santa Reparata in Florence. He earned his MFA at San Francisco Art Institute in 2016 where he made paintings on steel in the tidal zones of the Bay Area, searching for a language between art and nature, incorporating ideas of performance and sculpture imbedded in the earth art movement. Enggist has participated in a number of art residencies including the Lucid Art Foundation in Point Reyes, CA, and most recently journeyed to the land of his grandmother to paint the City of Shanghai and the Yellow Mountains of China. Through his extensive travels in Europe, the Americas, and Asia he developed a body of painting and poetry shown in New York, Milan, Mumbai, Luzern, and Paris. Enggist lives and works between New York and Luzern, Switzerland.

Neil Enggist, The Schreckhorn, acrylic, ink, pigment and oil on canvas, 2007 

THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD is the eighth edition of Art @ The Consulate, a curatorial initiative by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York to showcase the work of Swiss artists living in the United States. Follow Art @ The Consulate on Social media #SwissArtNYC

Neil Enggist, A Candle Burns at Night,  Acrylic and ink on canvas, 2008

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[driftwork]

excepts from exile, early morning and then sunday, appendix 5

It was dark. They are lying down in the dark, the light from the street lamp coming into the hall, an edge of light, gentle photons passing through the slit of the slightly ajar door.  Do the photons pass through as waves or particles, photons. When they sleep perhaps he might know. A head using the others body as a pillow, they talk about the possibility of her file having been sent, they talk about whether they should run and be hunted,  In the dark she can see make out a foot. she asks again should we run ? She offered us either running or if we stay or stay and be protected by the state, I think staying together as open members of the repressive state apparatus is the safest option for the moment. He can feel her head nodding on his chest. I think I will go to work and catch a few criminals. Find out if we are protected and safe, she rolls over a sits up in a single smooth movement and looks at his face, she can almost see the stray photons falling onto it. I will make some provisions in case the staying has to become running. Do it quietly, obscurely. I'll  investigate the office. make sure they are telling the truth. We'll need time to make them all relax. My body needs some recovery time, my ribs are still not good. And  some more guns he said, you only have the small glock (she laughed you know me so well, her face only inches away in the dark) It will be difficult in our very observed situation, and then I am an employee of the RSA. She licked his face. I expect them to watch she whispers in his ear. Pervert he says putting his arms around her. They will talk about this for the next three days until he goes to work on monday, driven into the city by a DS. The next morning, friday, after the fingerprints are taken and his dna sampled by a swab and blood tests, he becomes rich. She looked at him and wondered how he would live with the constraints that her freedom were imposing on him. She knew he understood this and yet he didn't seem to be feeling this was cause for despair, or even that the only reasonable response was to contemplate all things as they present themselves from the standpoint of redemption. She realized he was smiling at her. <All this is irrelevant because I have to go to work on monday to keep us safe.  I'm sorry. It's part of our experiment>  It was their experiment to fashion perspectives that displace and estrange the world, reveal it to be, with its rifts and crevices as indigent and distorted as it is. The world recounts the contingency of all things, things so similar to us.  Atoms  incline, collide with one another and make forms, as we do when we caress one another and end up making, unpredictable, unexpected children. (More parasitical species exist that non-parasitical ones.) So humans, even these ones are not the only ones  who encounter for better or for worse,  to become messengers: angels for heavenly loves, they are  ambidexters comfortable on both sides. Humans, even humans in love are not so original. It is a Sunday, for some a typical Sunday, for them it ends with a last sleepless night. They walked  through the woods deep into the valley and along the river. Their relations to one another and their existance in the social generating stress. He will never be as stressed as this again. It was part of their experiment to fashion perspectives that displace and estrange the world, reveal it to be, with its rifts and crevices as indigent, distorted and corrupted as it is[...]  Once again we are not so original. In this they were finding the low level of continuing stress difficult to live with, he thought that it was worse for him than her. This was a delusion. The use of the term stress doesn't mask the fact that for him it was an underlying line of fear, a stream of fear of the violence and uncertainty that flowed in the background. Whereas her stress and fear was founded on her being  with him in exile and on the isolation that resulted in this new life. The enforced solitude she had accepted because of him, contradicted in reality by how he prevented her solitude from being absolute. Over the first year as she lived with him others began to be known to her. Some became friends, some even knew who she had once been. They became able to speak about it, more specifically they could talk about the differences between his fear and stress and her stress and fear. Initially she imagined that she would adapt better to living with the situation they found themselves in, but in reality as they they they talked about it, usually late at night and sometimes during the day, perhaps over breakfast, it became obvious that this wasn't the case.  Both of them realized that only their experimental relationship was keeping them in one piece. Eventually as the months passed and they became more concrete and molecular, a molecule called we,  it faded and then vanished.  It was remarkable how quickly they adapted, after a few weeks their stress levels began to fall as they began to dream, and they arrived on the 1900 plateau - the interpretation of dreams. Their dreams  giving a magnified construction to the smallest stimuli that arose as they almost relaxed into sleep. The imaginary institution of society may be  historically constructed, but for them it was founded on violence and exile. Perhaps unusually it was their having a child,  who would be called Suki Park (she was amused at how easily he found giving the child her name, he taught her to read, she taught her how to fight) that finally and ultimately the stress to manageable levels. Many things over the year had made running increasingly unlikely, having a child made it unnecessary. This sleepless night ends with him waking to find her sitting up looking at him. Her left hand is resting on his shoulder. She asks him if he slept badly. Terribly he tells her.

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[scifigeneration]

Quantum computer: we're planning to create one that acts like a brain

by Michael Hartmann

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The human brain has amazing capabilities making it in many ways more powerful than the world’s most advanced computers. So it’s not surprising that engineers have long been trying to copy it. Today, artificial neural networks inspired by the structure of the brain are used to tackle some of the most difficult problems in artificial intelligence (AI). But this approach typically involves building software so information is processed in a similar way to the brain, rather than creating hardware that mimics neurons.

My colleagues and I instead hope to build the first dedicated neural network computer, using the latest “quantum” technology rather than AI software. By combining these two branches of computing, we hope to produce a breakthrough which leads to AI that operates at unprecedented speed, automatically making very complex decisions in a very short time.

We need much more advanced AI if we want it to help us create things like truly autonomous self-driving cars and systems for accurately managing the traffic flow of an entire city in real-time. Many attempts to build this kind of software involve writing code that mimics the way neurons in the human brain work and combining many of these artificial neurons into a network. Each neuron mimics a decision-making process by taking a number of input signals and processing them to give an output corresponding to either “yes” or “no”.

Each input is weighted according to how important it is to the decision. For example, for AI that could tell you which restaurant you would most enjoy going to, the quality of the food may be more important than the location of the table that’s available, so would be given more weight in the decision-making process.

These weights are adjusted in test runs to improve the performance of the network, effectively training the system to work better. This was how Google’s AlphaGo software learned the complex strategy game Go, playing against a copy of itself until it was ready to beat the human world champion by four games to one. But the performance of the AI software strongly depends on how much input data it can be trained on (in the case of AlphaGo, it was how often it played against itself).

Our Quromorphic project aims to radically speed up this process and boost the amount of input data that can be processed by building neural networks that work on the principles of quantum mechanics. These networks will not be coded in software, but directly built in hardware made of superconducting electrical circuits. We expect that this will make it easier to scale them up without errors.

Traditional computers store data in units known as bits, which can take one of two states, either 0 or 1. Quantum computers store data in “qubits”, which can take on many different states. Every extra qubit added to the system doubles its computing power. This means that quantum computers can process huge amounts of data in parallel (at the same time).

So far, only small quantum computers that demonstrate parts of the technology have been successfully built. Motivated by the prospect of significantly greater processing power, many universities, tech giants and start-up companies are now working on designs. But none have yet reached a stage where they can outperform existing (non-quantum) computers.

This is because quantum computers need to be very well isolated from disturbances in their surroundings, which becomes harder and harder as the machines get bigger. For example, quantum processors need to be kept in a vacuum at a very cold temperature (close to absolute zero) otherwise they could be affected by air molecules striking them. But the processor also needs to be connected to the outside world somehow in order to communicate.

More room for error

The technical challenges in our project are very similar to those for building a universal quantum computer that can be used for any application. But we hope that AI applications can tolerate more errors than conventional computing and so the machine won’t need to be quite so well isolated.

For example, AI is often used to classify data, such as deciding whether a picture shows a car or a bicycle. It doesn’t need to fully capture every detail of the object to make that decision. So while AI needs high computer speeds it doesn’t demand such high levels of precision. For this reason, we hope that makes AI an ideal field for near-term quantum computing.

Our project will involve demonstrating the principles involved with a quantum neural network. To put the technology to its full use will involve creating larger devices, a process that may take ten years or more as many technical details need to be very precisely controlled to avoid computational errors. But once we have shown that quantum neural networks can be more powerful than classical AI software in a real world application, it would very quickly become some of the most important technology out there.

About The Author:

Michael Hartmann is an Associate Professor of Photonics and Quantum Sciences at Heriot-Watt University

This article is republished from our content partners at The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. 

#technology #artificial intelligence #science news #quantum computer #innovation #quantum science

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SYMMETRY MAGAZINE Gravity’s waterfall By Daniel Garisto Physicists are using analog black holes to better understand gravity. A0620-00, a binary star system 3300 light-years away, holds a dark secret: One of its stars isn’t a star at all, but a black hole. As far as we know, this is the black hole closest to our planet. Astronomers know it’s there only because its partner star appears to be dancing alone, pulled along by an invisible lead. In recent years, scientists have found ways to study black holes, listening to the gravitational waves they unleash when they collide, and even creating an image of one by combining information from radio telescopes around the world. But our knowledge of black holes remains limited. No one will ever be able to test a real one in a lab, and with current technology, it would take about 50 million years for a probe to reach A0620-00. So scientists are figuring out how to make do with substitutes—analogs to black holes that may hold answers to mysteries about gravity and quantum mechanics. Building black hole models In 1972, William “Bill” Unruh, a physicist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, connected gravity to fluid dynamics in an analogy: “Imagine that you are a blind fish, and are also a physicist, living in a river,” Unruh wrote. Along Unruh’s imaginary river, a waterfall plunges at a supersonic speed—faster than the speed of sound in water. What happens if a fellow fish goes over the falls? You, a blind fish, cannot know; you will never hear it scream because the waterfall will drag the sound down faster than it can travel up. Unruh used this piscine drama to explain a property of black holes: Like sound that passes over the edge of the supersonic waterfall, light that crosses the horizon of a black hole cannot escape. The analogy turned out to be more accurate than Unruh initially thought. Eight years later, in 1980, he realized that the equations of motion for sound in the waterfall analogy were identical to those describing light at the horizon of a black hole. At the time, his research drew little attention—it was cited just four times in the decade after it was published. But in the ’90s, Unruh’s work was rediscovered as physicists began probing gravity theoretically and experimentally with analog models. Today, physicists use everything from water to exotic ultracold states of matter to mimic black holes. Proponents of the analogs say that these models have confirmed theoretical predictions about black holes. But many physicists still doubt that analogs can predict what happens where gravity warps spacetime so violently. Black holes were first theorized in 1784, by English clergyman and astronomer John Michell, who calculated that for a large enough star, “all light emitted from such a body would be made to return towards it, by its own proper gravity.” The idea was mostly put aside until the 20th century, when Einstein’s general theory of relativity overturned the paradigm of Newtonian gravity. Luminaries like Karl Schwarzchild, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and John Archibald Wheeler developed theory about these monsters from which nothing could escape. But in 1974, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking revolutionized the field by proposing that that something could, in fact, escape from a black hole. Due to random quantum fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime, pairs of virtual particles and antiparticles pop into existence all the time, throughout the universe. Most of the time, these pairs annihilate instantly, disappearing back into the void. But, Hawking theorized, the horizon of a black hole could separate a pair: One particle would be sucked in, while the other would zoom away as a now real particle. Because of a mathematical quirk in Hawking radiation, swallowed virtual particles effectively have negative energy. Black holes that gobble up these particles shrink. To an observer, Hawking radiation would look a lot like a black hole spitting up what it swallowed and getting smaller. However, Hawking radiation is random and carries no information about the inside of a black hole—remember that the emitted particle comes from just outside the horizon. This creates a paradox: Quantum mechanics rests on the premise that information is never destroyed, but if particles emitted as Hawking radiation are truly random, information would be lost forever. Most physicists believe that black holes don’t truly destroy information and that information is preserved in Hawking radiation, but that conjecture may be impossible to test directly. “The temperature of Hawking radiation is very small—it’s much smaller than the background radiation of the universe,” says Hai Son Nguyen, a physicist at the Institute of Nanotechnology of Lyon. “That’s why we will never be able to observe Hawking radiation from a real black hole.” What about something that behaved a lot like a black hole? In his 1980 paper, Unruh calculated that phonons—quantum units of sound analogous to photons, quantum units of light—would be the Hawking radiation emitted from his analog black hole. Unruh was initially bleak about the prospects of actually making such a measurement, calling it “an extremely slim possibility.” But as more physicists joined Unruh in theorizing about analogs to black holes in the ’90s, the possibility of measuring Hawking radiation became a difficult, but achievable goal. Over the waterfall There are many different analog models of black holes, but they all have one aspect in common: a horizon. Mathematically, horizons are defined as the boundary beyond which events cannot escape—like the edge of Unruh’s waterfall. Because they can separate pairs of particles, any horizon creates a form of Hawking radiation. “Understanding of the phenomenology associated with the presence of horizons in different analog systems provides hints about phenomena that might also be present in the gravitational realm,” writes Carlos Barceló, a theoretical physicist at the Astrophysical Institute of Andalucia. Often, it’s useful to start with a simple analog like water, says Silke Weinfurtner, a physicist at the University of Nottingham. It’s possible to create a horizon by running water quickly enough over an obstacle; if the conditions are just right, surface waves are thwarted at the obstacle. But to properly measure the smallest—quantum-level—effects of a black hole, you need a quantum analog. Bose-Einstein condensates, or BECs, are typically ultracold gases like rubidium that are ruled by quantum effects odd enough to qualify them as another state of matter. Subtle quantum effects like Hawking radiation hidden by the noise present in normal fluids become apparent in BECs. Analog black holes can even use light as a fluid. The fluid is made of quasiparticles called polaritons, which are the collective state of a photon that couples to an electric field. Enough polaritons behave as a quantum fluid of light. So when the flow of polaritons goes faster than the speed of sound in the polariton fluid, just like Unruh’s waterfall, a horizon forms. Hawking radiation from this fluid of light still comes in the form of phonons. Some black hole analogs are “optical” because their Hawking radiation comes in photons. In optical fibers—like the type we send data through—intense laser pulses can create a horizon. The pulse changes the physical properties of the fiber, slowing down the speed of light within the fiber. This makes the leading edge of the pulse a horizon: Slowed light cannot escape past the pulse any more than sound can escape up out of Unruh’s waterfall. To date, though, experimental evidence of Hawking radiation in any of these analogs has been lacking in support—with one exception. Testing Hawking in the lab In May, Jeff Steinhauer published his latest paper, with the strongest evidence yet for Hawking radiation. Steinhauer, a physicist at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, has been working on the problem for over a decade, chipping away relentlessly at the extremely difficult experimental task, largely on his own. Focusing a laser on rubidium gas, a BEC, Steinhauer created a high-energy region. Particles move from high-energy regions to low-energy regions, so the rubidium gas wanted to escape the laser. The edge of the laser here functioned as the horizon for the rubidium gas, similar to a waterfall that it could go over but not come back up. Steinhauer used the set-up to study the Hawking radiation resulting from quantum fluctuations separated by the horizon. The temperature of Hawking radiation—how much energy the emitted phonons have, in this case—depends on the slope of the horizon, or waterfall. The steeper it is, the higher the energy of the radiation. This is why Hawking radiation is low temperature for a black hole: A weak force like gravity doesn’t make for a steep horizon. By measuring the slope, and then separately measuring the energy of radiated phonons, Steinhauer was able to get corroboration for his data. Previous experiments from Steinhauer and others have claimed to find Hawking radiation, but have lacked the rigor of this latest result. This time, Steinhauer and some other physicists believe he has observed Hawking radiation. “I think we verified Hawking's calculation,” Steinhauer says. “He had a calculation with certain assumptions and approximations, and we have the same approximations, and so mathematically it's equivalent.” However, Steinhauer points out, it’s quite possible that Hawking radiation works differently for black holes because of quantum gravity. Critics also claim phonons may not be perfect analogs to photons. Many physicists who work on quantum gravity are dismissive of the latest results, according to reporting in Quanta. Weinfurtner acknowledges the criticism and agrees that analogs cannot strictly prove anything about black holes. But to physicists working on analogs, the facsimiles of black holes are already worthwhile. “What we're doing is already on its own really interesting,” she says. “We're deepening our understanding of the analog gravity systems, and the hope is that such experiments stimulate new theoretical black hole studies.”

#space #science #Astronomy #physics

[anexperimentallife]

This is a sad day.

But the words of Aaron Freeman make me feel just a little bit better about it:

“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.

“And at one point you'd hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that those photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.

“And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue the heat of our own lives.

“And you'll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy's still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you're just less orderly. Amen.”

--(the words of Aaron Freeman from a few years ago are a more fitting statement on Stephen Hawking’s death than anything I could have come up with on my own)

#shut up rob #stephen hawking #why you want a physicist to speak at your funeral #aaron freeman #somebody read this at my funeral if I ever die #tw death #tw funeral

[tastydregs]

Startup Builds Brain-Reading Helmet That Scans Your Brain in Infrared

Ever wondered what’s going on inside somebody’s head? Us too, and it might just be possible to see inside another person’s brain outside a laboratory setting soon.

Earlier this year, US startup Kernel released a piece of wearable tech called the Kernel Flow that uses near-infrared light to scan people’s brains, and a new report published yesterday in Physics World gave us a little more detail about the futuristic headset, which looks kind of like a metal helmet or funky, goggle-less VR gear.

The tweet below pictures Kernel’s CEO Bryan Johnson wearing the headset himself.

“Lex, what goes through a potato’s brain?” “What kind of nuts do academics eat?”

Jokes our CEO @bryan_johnson told @lexfridman while wearing Kernel Flow: https://t.co/pD232NSRkd This is one of the many remarkable things the Kernel team does daily. Join us:https://t.co/tpzqH5f1Mz pic.twitter.com/LLEMXsJNYO

— Kernel (@KernelCo) May 24, 2021

Kernel’s team designed the adjustable headset with 52 modules stuck onto four plates on each side of the head. Each one has a laser surrounded by six hexagonal detectors. Two lasers inside the source emit light at different wavelengths and direct them toward the brain by aiming at the scalp. The detectors pick up the reflected light, and photon arrival times are then recorded.

The device uses time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (TD-fNIRS), which has long been used in brain imaging but comes with a ton of obstacles, according to Kernel’s own study.

“TD-fNIRS has been considered as the gold standard of noninvasive optical brain imaging devices,” the team wrote in their research, published in January. “However, due to the high cost, complexity, and large form factor, it has not been as widely adopted as [other] systems.”

Kernel is running multiple studies with the Flow system, and each has different goals. Participants could choose from studies that use brain images to understand emotion, ketamine side effects, attention span and more. Some offer participants compensation. And yes, the helmet was tested on non-human subjects before even touching a human volunteer’s noggin.

Physics World reports that initial results from Kernel’s studies are promising, and that making brain imaging tech available to the public could finally help us all better understand ourselves and our health. However, there will be limitations. Kernel’s team said hair texture and skin type can affect results, and that the helmet isn’t quite as practical as a smart watch or other wearable just yet. However, they estimate commercial systems could be available as soon as 2024, which could make brain imaging as common as tech that tracks sleep, heart rate and movement.

While it sounds like Kernel has a ton of kinks to work out in their system, it’s exciting. Given that so many people are suffering from long COVID and mental health crises, any tech that helps overcome or understand those challenges is a welcome tool.

More on brain function: Neuralink Says 21 Percent of Its Monkeys Died Because of Brain Implant Issues

The post Startup Builds Brain-Reading Helmet That Scans Your Brain in Infrared appeared first on Futurism.

[joyfuldelusionchaosvaliant]

Science and Chemistry Classes

Photonic technology enables fast, sensitive saliva test for COVID-19

Researchers from ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, both in Spain, have demonstrated a new low-cost portable instrument that manipulates light and fluid for fast and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples. Although still in the research stage, the new device could offer a higher sensitivity than today's COVID-19 rapid antigen tests while also being faster and more cost-effective than PCR tests. "Our instrument, which requires just a few drops of saliva, would be useful for mass screening in settings such as restaurants, schools, offices, theaters and cinemas," said researcher Alfredo Ongaro from ICFO. "What's more, the technology can be easily adapted to detect markers for other pathogens, including those that may be involved in future outbreaks." In the journal Biomedical Optics Express, the researchers report that the system correctly detected 91.2% of COVID-19 positive cases and 90% of negative cases in tests of more than 50 previously frozen saliva samples. The test can measure very small quantities of virus like PCR tests but is as fast as rapid antigen tests. The new instrument, which the researchers call a flow virometry reader, is based on a modification of flow cytometry, a laser-based technique that uses fluorescence to count or analyze cells. Rather than counting cells, the new device detects light emission from fluorescent antibodies that bind to specific viral particles. It can offer quantitative results in less than 30 minutes using an instrument that is about the size of a shoebox. "Due to its low cost and simple design, the flow virometry reader could be particularly useful for low-income countries with limited access to healthcare," said Ongaro. Also, non-specialist users can easily operate the device, and testing can be carried out anywhere since no specialized laboratory is required, explained Marisa Rodriguez and Jorge Carrillo, researchers from IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. Making a better test The new instrument was developed as a collaboration between the ICFO optoelectronics group led by Valerio Pruneri and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, a center specializing in infectious diseases. "The flow virometry reader we developed at ICFO, together with IrsiCaixa's methodology for detecting viruses in saliva, creates a reliable and feasible alternative technique to existing tests," said Rubaiya Hussain, a researcher at ICFO. "The reader can be easily built with commercially available components and allows up to 2,000 tests per day to be performed using a single device." To run a test, a saliva sample is introduced in a solution that contains fluorescent antibodies that will attach to SARS-CoV-2 particles. The sample is then processed by the flow virometry reader, which uses a single microfluidic channel to pass the sample through a laser illumination and detection setup. If viral particles are present in the solution, they change the sample's fluorescence in a detectable way, providing information that can be used to calculate the viral concentration. Determining detection limits The researchers calibrated the new instrument by determining its detection limits using a set of prepared saliva samples containing a known amount of virus. "We obtained an outstanding result of detecting 3,834 viral copies per milliliter," said Ewelina Wajs, a researcher at ICFO. "This is at least three orders of magnitude lower than that of commercially available rapid antigen tests, which shows that our device can detect the presence of virus in very low concentration samples." They then evaluated the performance of the system for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples. For this, they conducted a blind test of frozen saliva samples from more than 50 COVID-19 positive and uninfected individuals. The instrument reliably detected 31 out of 34 COVID-19 positive patient samples and 18 out of 20 SARS-CoV-2 negative samples, which had been previously analyzed using PCR testing. While the proposed technology has the potential to replace or complement PCR tests, more experiments are necessary to clinically assess the similarity of the two methods. The researchers are now working to develop an integrated flow virometry reader for simultaneous SARS-CoV-2 antigen and antibody analysis. Such a testing device could identify active infections as well as provide information on the immune response to a previous infection or vaccination. This will allow fast checking of vaccine efficiency and help to determine whether additional vaccination boosters are needed. Before moving into the commercialization phase, the researchers will perform a series of additional tests to increase the statistics and the specificity of the device. "However, we are keen to starting new collaborations and the device is ready for leasing it to other entities so they can also explore the full potential and versatility of our system," said Pruneri.

24/02/2022

[universalhairclinic]

The Different Hair Loss Treatments in Dublin

It is not easy for people to talk about their hair loss. In fact, instead of seeing a specialist, many opt to resolve the issue on their own. If you are experiencing excessive hair shedding, please know that going this route can worsen the problem.

There are effective hair loss treatments in Dublin, but you need to talk to a trichologist or a dermatologist first. You do not have to feel embarrassed discussing your problem with them. These experts understand what you are going through and know exactly what you need to reverse or improve your condition.

How to Get Effective Hair Loss Treatments in Dublin

Step 1: Look for a trusted hair loss clinic and set an appointment.

You can ask for referrals from people you know. You can also search online. It is vital that you choose a trusted hair loss clinic – one with qualified trichologists or dermatologists and a proven track record of helping their clients achieve the results they want. Once you’ve chosen a clinic, schedule an appointment.

Step 2: Go to your first consultation.

Before specialists prescribe or recommend a treatment, they need to know the cause of the hair loss. This is why your first visit will be all about diagnostics tests.

You can expect the clinic staff to get your medical history and that of your immediate family. This is because certain hair loss conditions are believed to be hereditary.

The specialist is going to examine your scalp to determine the characteristics and severity of the hair loss.

A hair pulling test is also usually part of the diagnostic process. Here, the specialist lightly pulls around 100 strands to find out if there is excessive hair fall. A problem is noted when more than three strands come out.

A blood test may also be requested as hair shedding can be due to an underlying medical condition, hormone imbalance or nutritional deficiency.

Diagnostic tests aside, your first visit should also be about you discussing your concerns and expectations. Don’t be afraid to speak honestly.

Your cooperation is essential in achieving an accurate diagnosis of your condition. Additionally, it can help the experts better identify the best possible options you can take.

Once the cause is determined, your trichologist puts together a treatment plan. This is going to be primarily based on the hair loss problem and its severity as well as your age.

Available Hair Loss Treatments in Dublin

Medications

There are two clinically-proven medications for hair loss, specifically for pattern baldness or widely known as female pattern hair loss and male pattern baldness. One is applied topically and sold in shampoo, foam and liquid forms. The other is a pill that is only prescribed to men.

These drugs are effective in slowing the rate of hair loss and/or promoting hair growth. But it takes several months of treatment before your desired results are achieved. Moreover, you have to continuously use them to maintain the benefits.

If your hair loss is due to an underlying illness, you are going to be given medicines to treat it. Meanwhile, if the hair shedding is due to a drug you are taking, your hair and scalp specialist is going to advise you to stop taking it.

Laser Treatment

One of the newest hair loss treatments involves the use of low-level laser devices. It is called different names – low-level laser therapy (LLT), cold laser therapy, biostimulation and red light therapy.

In this treatment, hair follicles on affected areas are stimulated using a laser device that irradiates photons. Weak cells on the scalp absorb them, increasing blood flow and invigorating the follicles.

Low-level laser therapy is painless and safe, with no reported side effects. It has also been noted to strengthen hair strands.

In most cases, the treatment requires several sessions per week for several months to see results.

Hair Transplant Surgery

Also called hair restoration surgery, this treatment involves removing a patch of hair from one spot of the head and transferring it to the affected or bald area.

This invasive procedure isn’t for everyone, though. You need to meet certain criteria to receive this treatment.

While the surgery can be painful, it does not require hospitalisation. Moreover, the procedure needs to be done more than once to achieve the look you want.

In conclusion, treatment response varies per individual. Some respond well to medications; others do not. This is why you cannot miss your follow-up consultations. You need to continuously work with your trichologist or dermatologist to determine which approach works best for you.

Are you experiencing hair thinning or balding? Talk to our trusted trichologist to find out which hair loss treatments are recommended for your condition. Call us today on [phone] or leave us a message on our website to schedule an appointment.

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