In February of 2007, D-Wave Systems, of Burnaby, Canada, successfully demonstrated the world’s first quantum computer, to much fanfare. Known as Orion, this 16-qubit adiabatic quantum computer is designed to be scaled up to a 1024-qubit model by mid-2008 that can very quickly compute a very specific sort of problem using somewhat different properties of quantum […]
Life stories on a greyhound bus
I don’t know who you are. But I know you will be interested in the stories I am going to share with you. And I know you have the same beautiful stories you can share with others. Because we are all spirits in this world. These stories happened all on a greyhound bus. There is […]
Why Were Cloned Animals Declared Safe for Human Consumption by the FDA?
The FDA announced today that it would give preliminary approval to lift a five year-old, informal ban on including the meat or milk of cloned cattle, pigs and goats in the US food chain. Sheep remain off-limits until more evidence is produced. Should this decision remain in place, the United States would become the first […]
Interior design reaches impact status
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State’s Interior Design Program’s resources can no longer accommodate the demand of students, leading department officials to declare the program impacted this semester. Students applying to the interior design program will face tougher requirements, officials said. "We’ve introduced a higher GPA, we’ve introduced a set of prerequisite courses that have to […]