D-Wave Systems breaks the 1000 qubit quantum computing barrier

D-Wave Systems breaks the 1000 qubit quantum computing barrier

D-Wave Systems Inc., the world"s first quantum computing company, today announced that it has broken the 1000 qubit barrier, developing a processor about double the size of D-Wave’s previous generation and far exceeding the number of qubits ever developed by D-Wave or any other quantum effort.

Atmega-USB-thingy

Atmega-USB-thingy

Once again a tiny but shiny article about the Atmega8. Yap, we love this thing! This time we soldered a USB-Port on it, to — erm — yes, control things via USB. This time we didn"t have this much to do by ourself, since someone already did some of the work.(You don't have to download all the stuff in the following article, since it all comes packed in our release).

General English

General English

General English is our most popular course. Its aim is to improve all areas of your English language competence: speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Our Academic Team carefully select course materials to ensure lessons are relevant and interesting to our students.

Ostrava days 2011

Ostrava days 2011

Ostrava Days is a working environment, not a school. With two resident orchestras Janáček Philharmonic and Ostravská banda, the focus is on, but not limited to, working with large-scale ensembles. It features seminars by lecturers as well as presentations by guests and resident-students.

“You see suicide rates are skyrocketing now…”

“You see suicide rates are skyrocketing now…”

Are COVID-19 business restrictions causing U.S. suicides to soar? Tim Murtaugh, the communications director for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, made that claim during a May 26 interview on Newsradio WRVA in Richmond.

Homogenous monthly data

Homogenous monthly data

Long-time homogenous series of monthly temperature averages and the total amount of precipitation are available from different measuring stations of the Swiss national basic climatological network (Swiss NBCN). The stations cover all major climatic regions of Switzerland and provide information about the development of the measured quantities over the past 150 years.

Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

The pandemic-related lockdown is possibly the most dramatic public health intervention in NZ history. It helped achieve the elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 virus in NZ. But it was also associated with 548 fewer total deaths than for the same period in 2019. Death rates (per 100,000 population) were also lower in 2020 than the three preceding years.

Roderick Bloem

Roderick Bloem

Roderick Bloem received an MS in computer science from Leiden University in the Netherlands (1996) and a PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2001). His thesis work, under the supervision of Fabio Somenzi, was on formal verification using Linear Temporal Logic.

Haiti earthquake: The Red Cross Red Crescent social media response

Haiti earthquake: The Red Cross Red Crescent social media response

To say that the last days were“intense” would be an understatement. From the minute the earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement pulled out all stops to help the people on the ground.

LTSER Platform Neusiedlersee — Seewinkel (Emerging)

LTSER Platform Neusiedlersee — Seewinkel (Emerging)

The proposed Neusiedler See-Seewinkel LTSER site consists of the Neusiedler See lake itself, the Seewinkel located in the eastern part of the lake and the adjacent Austrian part of the Hansag. Due to its central location within the site, it will be managed by the Biologische Station Neusiedler See, Illmitz, with its current head Thomas Zechmeister.