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The MIT has just placed us closer to the great milestone in quantum computers: error correction

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The rapid development you are experiencing Quantum computing He is gradually dismantling the opinions that question the potential of this discipline. One of the biggest challenges to those who face is the need for quantum computers to be able to amend your own mistakesand three different studies defend how close we are to achieve. A Australian quantum research group, another Dutch and a third Japanese team published in Nature In January 2022 as many scientific articles in which they explain in detail the procedure they used to put superconductor cubits that have precision greater than 99%. When errors are so rare it is much easier to correct them. In the other saucer of the balance, Gil Kalai remains erect, an Israeli mathematician and teacher at Yale who He has predicted that quantum computers will never be able to amend their mistakes. According to this researcher, the increase in the number of states of quantum systems and their complexity will cause them to end up behaving like classical computers, so the superiority of the former will end up evaporating. The MIT has taken a firm step forward Before we investigate the achievement of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute (Mit) It is worth briefly reviewing what one of the companies that is contributing the most contributing to the development of quantum computers: IBM has achieved in the field of errors. The itinerary that published in December 2023 He anticipated that before the end of 2024, the Heron (5K) platform endowed with error mitigation would be ready. And this company He fulfilled his promise. The main problem facing quantum computers in the field of error correction is noise, understood as the disturbances that can alter the internal state of the cubits and introduce calculation errors. The strategy for which many of the research groups that are involved in the development of quantum computers are opting for monitoring the operations carried out by the cubits for Identify real -time errors and correct them. The problem is that from a practical point of view this strategy is very challenging. The mitigation of errors allows the cubits to carry out their calculations even if they have errors and only at the end of the process it is inferred what the correct result is However, there is an alternative path. It is known as ‘error mitigation’, and, very broadly speaking, instead of monitoring in real time what happens in the cubits allows them to carry out their calculations even if they have errors and only at the end of the process it is inferred what the correct result is. This technique is already delivering very promising results. In fact, this characteristic is what allows the quantum processor to argue the other quantum chips developed by IBM so far. What MIT researchers propose in the article in the article that they have published in Nature Communications It is a different approach to the correction of errors. In fact, in their text they describe how they have achieved Attach artificial atoms and photons with the purpose of using this mechanism to process quantum information at a higher speed than the prototypes of current quantum machines. This peculiar type of coupling between light and matter can be used to make very robust cubits and capable of processing information up to ten times faster than a quantum processor such as those currently available. Yufeng Ye, the main author of this article, He maintains that “This technology would eliminate one of the bottlenecks of quantum computers. It is usually necessary to measure the results of the calculations between error correction rounds.” In this statement this scientist has done something very important: he has established a relationship between the strong coupling of light and matter that can presumably be used to produce a new type of cubits and error correction. “This strategy could accelerate the moment in which we will reach quantum tolerant to failures and we can develop real applications with practical value,” says Ye. It sounds really good, although we should not overlook that what these scientists have done at the moment is a demonstration of fundamental physics. The challenge from now on is to bring this technology to practice. Image | IBM More information | Nature Communications In Xataka | We already touched the quantum internet with the tip of the fingers. This German experiment is a successful

What I learned from a Victorian bureaucrat about productivity

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There are those who seek productivity in Scandinavian design applications, there are those who track the paper notebooks and there are those who expect to find it in beep and alert -based methods. Anthony Trollope found her on a pocket watch. He was a mail official in Victorian England. Before signing, between 5:30 and 8:30 in the morning, He wrote 250 words every fifteen minutes. Without excuses. No inspiration. And so, book by book, they arrived More than forty novels. His method, which James Clear rescued in One of his guides on habits and frictionshows a paradox: that in the era of automation and asynchronous flows, what we most need is something as simple as a fixed, measurable, short and demanding interval. Indirect discipline. Trollope did not pursue Muses, replaced them with a system. The great enemy of the great projects It is not the lack of talent, but indefinite delay. Postpone, PROCASTINE. Starting to write a book seems like such a tedious task that many prefer to plan it forever. Trollope reduced the scale until he stopped being overwhelming. A quarter of an hour. Two hundred fifty words. Nothing else. Nothing less. When a novel ended, he did not rest or celebrate it: he turned the sheet and started the next in the same block. As if he understood that continuity is more powerful than motivation. And that the habit muscle is trained with rhythm, not with intensity. It must be said that Trollope did not have to suffer the tyranny of today’s notifications and distractions (Slack, mails, messaging …), but despite that advantage, he cultivated the Attentional monogamy: One thing at a time and without looking at the clock except to obey it. The stopwatch as an accomplice, not as a tyrant. An advance of deep work. Four daily blocks are more than one hundred per month. And fifteen minutes per block are nothing, until they are everything. Give to write about 30,000 monthly words when the rhythm is taken. And each block begins with a tangible victory, easy to reach. Instead of waiting for the perfect moment (which never arrives), I was adding one more page to the castle. Trollope practiced deep work without calling it that, and without turning it into a ritual. He was less monk Zen and more worker of the word. And he reminds us that The important thing is not to write much, but always write. That time is not found. And that, perhaps, the only thing that separates the amateur from the professional is the ability to divide an Everest in a succession of fifteen -minute steps. In Xataka | We do not need more productivity methods. We need to have a purpose again Outstanding image | Xataka

They begin by dominating a sector and then wanting to dominate them all

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Mark Zuckerberg already dominated social networks, so in 2013 Facebook tried to conquer our mobiles. Launched Facebook Home As a android pitcher, and increasing an agreement with HTC so that this firm would launch its HTC First With that pre -installed interface. That It was a failure. The fault was mostly on Facebook Home, which after a few hours on Google Play achieved a doubtful milestone: that almost 50% of those who described it They put a star of five possible. The pitcher was not quite bad for intensive users of the social network, but it was terrible for everything else. The firm had already tried to raise its entry into the HTC mobiles. He did it in 2011 with a dedicated button that surely nobody remembers and that probably condemned The HTC Chacha and HTC sauce But both in them and two years later it was clear that this was not the way. Facebook abandoned that ambition – which too He infected Amazon– And he focused his efforts in other areas. He wanted to be “Todista”and it didn’t go well. It is not the only one who wanted to dominate everything in the technological field. It is something that great technological ones have accustomed us. Microsoft is a good example: after dominating the PC and the office environment tried to sign up for trends such as those raised by the iPod (The Zune went wrong), The search engine (Bing has achieved grow slightlybut not too much) and mobile phones (what a shame, Windows Phone). He wanted to be Todista, but failed. And let’s not forget that Google, which dominates in searches and is part of the iOS-Android duopoly launching its own social network. It was just as evil (or worse) as Facebook about the mobile: Google+ is unfortunately, One of the great failures in its history. Even Apple wanted to get (supposedly) in cars and ended canceling the Project Titan. Here it is surprising that Apple failed to get into that field and a much smaller company like Xiaomi advanced it on the right (to every tablet) with the Spectacular Xiaomi Su7by the way. The Chinese manufacturer is in fact a small case of success of “Todismo”, and in fact perhaps it would be to reflect it with a face change. Even Amazon wanted to get his own mobile. It came out fatal. The last to launch that search For “all” is OpenAiwhich already has a really popular product (Chatgpt) with which he is trying to conquer other markets. The first, the searches, with Chatgpt Searchbut now they even chase Your own social network and even Your own browser “If they can’t get Get with Chrome-. It is a legitimate ambition, above all, and, as in the rest of the cases, reasonable. When you already have a successful product, use it as a lever to conquer new land and that all your ecosystem features is a logical option. They tell Apple and the iPhone. But even for them, that it works in certain cases does not mean that it works, much less always or that it does it especially well. Apple Music and Apple TV+ have undoubtedly contributed to strengthening the company’s ecosystem, but these services They are not winning In its segments. Apple does not even need something like that, because they are serving as another element of their offer, and that is already a triumph for them. However, again and again we find that this philosophy of “everyone” never just went well. And that does not confirm our well -known saying, which Silicon Valley leaders should take into account. Who covers a lot, Little squeeze. Image | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | Silicon Valley has changed to his prophets. The messianic CEO is back

There are countries that do not exercise as they should, and this map exposes the most sedentary

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Change Life habits and putting in shape is one of the most common purposes when the year begins. So much that there are studies that have proposed to analyze How to meet that goal Without discouraging ourselves because, for many people, putting on form implies “from zero”. The reason is that many do not perform the physical activity necessary to remain in good shape, which implies a risk for both physical and mental health. And on this map of Visual Capitalist We can see what are those countries in which people do not do the necessary exercise. The recommendation. The World Health Organization recommends that adults dedicate 150 minutes a week, at least, aerobic physical intensity activities. This includes walking -which is increasingly uncovered as A highly recommended exercise-, but also swim, jog or ride a bike. And these 150 weekly minutes must be complemented with 75 minutes of activities such as peso lifting for Strengthen both muscles and joints. WHO also says that any physical activity is better than any. The exercise not only keeps us healthier, but also contributes to a Best Mental Healtha better humor and a better resistance to diseases. The problem is that, as a study published in The Lancet Global Health It has demonstrated, much of the population does not move as much as it should. The study. The article explores and collects the data related to the physical activity reported by adults in different population surveys. Through the analysis of 507 surveys in 163 countries with a total of 5.7 million participants, researchers have been able to estimate the prevalence of insufficient physical activity between 2000 and 2022. The data. They are not good. According to their interpretations, in 2022, 31.3% of people worldwide performed insufficient physical activity, not reaching those minimal recommendations of WHO. In 2010, that figure was 26.4% and in 2000 it stood at 23.4%. We see, therefore, a bullish trend, but also a significant increase between the last decade and the previous one. By countries. The map prepared by Visual Capitalist collects this data and reinterprets the maps published in the study itself. In some cases, these data are devastating. In much of the American continent, two thirds of the population do not meet those guidelines marked by WHO. There are exceptions like Mexico, but the population is also close to that inactivity figure. In Europe, the situation is quite diverse. Spain has 22%of the population that performs insufficient physical activity, France 23%, Germany 12%, Austria 20%and Belgium 25%. However, there are cases such as Poland with 35% inactivity, Italy with a striking 40% and Portugal with 52%. Dramas. They are striking data, but together, the worst part is taken by the Middle East and part of Asia. United Arab Emirates is the worst country in this regard, according to the analysis, with 66% of its population performing insufficient physical activity. Kuwait is not very far with 63% and Lebanon stays at 59%. It is a trend in the area, with Qatar and its 54% inactivity, or Iraq and Saudi Arabia with 52%. Looking at Asia, South Korea is not much better, with 58% of the population that does not move what should, 52% of the Japanese are also more sedentary of the account and we see that India has an index of 49%. Japan’s case is curious, since it is a country that is proud of its longevity and of the exercise programs for the elderly. More and less aligned countries with the objectives for 2030. The more azul, the better Social inequalities. Speaking of age, it is something that also plays a role in these data. In this period of analysis, insufficient physical activity increased between those over 60, regardless of the sixth and the region to which they belong. But we also see many countries with light colors that represent that they are doing the recommended activity, but as we used to have meme in Xataka, it has a trick. Some of them are in Europe as Finland (10%), Netherlands (9%) and Sweden (8%), among others, but the vast majority are in the Sub -Saharan Africa area. And it is not that they want to train than the rest of the world, but that it is a very active population due to economic reasons since a greater proportion of population in poorest countries is used in tasks such as agriculture or manual works, something that counts for movement statistics. Because these social inequalities, in the end, are represented in a very varied arc of situations, and in the study itself we can see that the activity index barely varies between people with low income, but that when life is somewhat more accommodated, Sedentary lifestyle also increases. And the conclusion of the study is that, in the end, almost a third of adults around the world do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity and it would be a good idea that policies were strengthened to foster that exercise. In Xataka | The human being is not made to run, but to rest. At least according to a Harvard teacher

Books, Lego sets, board games and more. Five ideas to take advantage of Star Wars

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Star Wars He has accompanied us for many years throughout his numerous films, but also through a wide variety and quantity of products Merchandasing. Therefore, if you have in mind celebrate today the day of Star Wars we leave you with five ideas related to the extensive saga created by George Lucas. Lego Star Wars – Logo by 69.99 eurosa set that commemorates the iconic Star Wars logo. How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ by 47.50 eurosa book that deepens the development and filming of the first film released in cinemas of the saga. Star Wars Heritage Pack by 54.95 eurosa pack for Nintendo Switch that includes no less than seven classic video games of the saga. Star Wars: Shatterpoint by 131.95 eurosone of the best and most complete saga board games. Star Wars: Light Sables by 33.25 eurosan interesting book that deepens everything related to light sabers. Lego Star Wars – Logo One of the best sets that Lego has launched on Star Wars during the new May wave is that of the logo itself. It includes a total of 700 pieces and has a very well careful design – even that Marvel’s. It has dimensions of approximately 13 cm high, 30 cm of width and 3 cm of deepness, its price is 69.99 euros and Save a little surprise for fans of the first film. * Some price may have changed from the last review How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ If you like the first trilogy (the original), in stores such as El Corte Inglés we can find an interesting book about How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’. It is a book of 372 pages where we can find the works that inspired George Lucas to shape the film, photographs and unpublished production notes, curious data and anecdotes and much more. Its price, in this case, is 47.50 euros And if you stay wanting more there are two other books from the following films: How was ‘Star Wars episode IV: a new hope’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode V: the empire counterattack’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of Jedi’ by 47.50 euros. How Star Wars became a new hope: the definitive story after the original film (hardcover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars Heritage Pack There are many Star Wars video games, but if the classic attracts above the current, ‘Star Wars: Heritage Pack‘It is a super interesting compilation. The Nintendo Switch version has a price of 54.95 euros In Xtralife (cheaper in Amazon) e Includes seven video gamesalthough some are digital. Included in the cartridge: ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy’. ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast’. ‘Star Wars Episode I Racer’. ‘Star Wars Republic Commando’. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’. Digital download: ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’ ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords’. Star Wars: Heritage Pack (Nintendo Switch) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Shatterpoint The same can be said of board games or board. There are many, but we are looking for one of the most popular, the best and the most complete, Star Wars Shatterpoint It is a real delight for fans of the saga. Its price is 131.95 euros In the English Court (cheaper in Amazon) and stands out because it is a game of skirmishes that includes miniatures. It is a game for two people in which We can select heroes or villains To face each other. Each game lasts approximately 90 minutes and among the characters we have Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress and more. * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Light Sables Light sabables are one of the most important elements of much of the saga, and we have seen them in a large portion of films, series, comics and video games. Although we have seen them so many times, they continue to keep a certain mystery, so in this book called ‘Star Wars: Light Sables‘We can discover some of the secrets that contain these weapons or tools. It is an enlightened 156 -page guide where we can see the different light sabers that have appeared along the films, series, comics and video games. In addition, it is interesting to discover differences between the colors of each sheetthe different handles that the characters have had and more. In this case, its price is 33.25 euros. Star Wars Light Sables (Hard Cover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Disney, Lucasfilm, Lego, Planet Comic, Aspyr, Atomic Mass In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away In Xataka | The 41 best board games: from ‘Catán’ to ‘Gloomhaven’

electric trains, video calls and vacuum robots

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Imagining what the civilization of the future will always be something interesting. In the cinema of the 70s and 80s we saw it a lot, with works such as’ Blade Runner ‘or’Robocop‘imagining a future with Ciborgs and Flying cars. Yes, now we are closer to having Human ‘Improved’ as of the A kind flying cars, But what they didn’t imagine was something like Internet. That is because it is much easier to visualize a future with improved elements of our present or that they solve a problem of the time. For example, if in the 70s they had cars, because in 30 years those cars would be flying. Something similar happened in La France of 1899. The toyr Armand Gervanis commissioned Jean-Marc Côté and other artists a series of illustrated cards for the 1900s World Exhibition of Paris. In them, artists should imagine what life would be like in 2000. It is very curious to see the designs of their creations, the problems of their time they wanted to solve and their mentality. In some designs, they approached reality. In others they did not give abut they are really interesting because they allow us to see the reasoning of the time and, in the end, the known solutions that applied to problems, tasks and the daily life of their time. In some cases it may seem that they were short of sight by not inventing something like the computer and that all designs are intrinsically linked to both the machinery of their time and fashion, but they are still a great sample of Paleofuturo. Mobility and … an electric train The cars in 1899 were more than surpassed. There were motor vehicles for a few years and, although they were not for personal use for the masses, there were … they existed. Mass manufacturing began in 1908 with the assembly chain of Henry Ford and the Ford tbut come on, cars didn’t get so much attention. At least these French artists. What they wanted were both aquatic and aerial buses. Commercial flights were nothing more than a fantasy at that time (The Wright brothers They would not make the first motor flight until 1903 and the flights with passenger planes were unimaginable). What they had more by hand were the airships and the submarines. What did they do? Create a boat with two huge bags to go both by air and by sea and an underwater bus. To go where? We will see it later, since underwater life was something they were passionate about. Also peculiar is the electric train with Paris-Pekín path (there is nothing, only more than 8,000 kilometers in a straight line). Apart from a cabin that looks like that of a rocket, attracts attention that seems not to have wheelsbut an magnetized system like the one we can see in the magnetic levitation maglev. And we can also see personal and electrical skates. It sounds like electric scootersof electric skateboard and even the sandals to walk 250% faster. Text voice system, audio and video call notes Did something like smartphone take off from ingenuity? Well … no, really, but what these French artists had on hand was the phone, the cinematograph of the Lumière brothers Invented a few years before, the phonograph and the gramophone. They were quite recent inventions and were great in these futuristic cards. His combination is also magical. In the designs, we can see how in the first card a person receives a message per roll to listen to him in his gramophone (such as WhatsApp voice notesbut much less snapshots and faces), news heard through the radio (something that was already brewing) on ​​the second card, a man dictating a message to a machine that seems to make text into the third photo and … a video call system in the fourth photo? It seems that the image of a person is being screened on a screen through a projector, the man is listening with the gramophone and is speaking at the same time. It is curious that this process needs an operator that controls machinery. It could not really be intricate, but with the media of the time, imagining something similar to a video call is very striking. Heavy tasks with remote control Two segments that continued to have manual tasks were field and agriculture. Even today, with all the advances we have, they are very physical works, so it is logical that, in 1899 they would imagine futures in which everything was automated. In some cases they were not unchanged, such as that harvester that is controlled at a distance (ours we must handle them from within, but well, it is similar) and something more fanciful is the card that shows an operator inside a cabin controlling a complex robotic system that is raising a house. It is not only the electric crane, but the arms that put the bricks or chisel part of the facade. Something they did not imagine was a GPS -controlled robot cutter Segway Navimowbut something is something. The Roomba, the Robopeluquero and the 3D printer And masons are not the only robots. In these cards we can see other ideas such as robopeluquero, or robobarbero, which really is not something we currently havebut well, there are razor. What is curious is that they invented the Robot vacuum cleaner Century and peak before it existed and popularized with an assistant robot that seems to be plugged in to a remote cable or control that controls the human. It is funny because it has both the brush and the cushion in which the dirt is collecting, but I do not finish seeing that cane as a remote control. And something very ingenious is the machine that takes the measures to make a suit and transfer the information to a machine that expels the garment already made. It is like an early version of a 3D printer. Rare things Now, although all cards are tremendously imaginative, … Read more

This is the Dolce Vita Orient Express, the Italian train of up to 21,400 euros the room for two nights

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Thinking about a vacation in a luxury medium is to think, automatically, on a cruise. These huge ships They have become synonymous with high transport standingwith proposals as exclusive as the experiences of the Four Seasons yates. However, another transport wants to make way to elbow in this segment: The trains. Seeking to emulate the sophistication of the Orient Express, Italy has just opened a train not suitable for all pockets: the Dolce Vita Orient Express. Retro-Chic. At the beginning of April, a strategic collaboration formed by several Italian companies announced the debut of the first national manufacturing luxury train. Baptized as La Dolce Vita Orient Express (because yes, the iconic Belgian company is behind), it is a vehicle that wants to mark a milestone in luxury tourism in the country, showing its cultural heritage and what they can do regarding gastronomy and sophistication. In a cradle country of some of the most important developers and brands such as Maserati, Ferrari either Lamborghini (And the Alfa Romeo of beauties like the Montreal), that mixture between mechanics and luxury was not something that was questioned. And the idea regarding interior design is to combine the styles of the middle of the last century with more contemporary elements. Luxury. Designed by Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran, they recognize that the idea is to invite passengers to a trip on a train with a “sumptuous decoration.” The two designers comment that they have designed all the details not with the idea that it is an example of the ostentatious luxury, but to give the impression that it has always existed. The interiors are imposing, with details such as the very spacious dining room, rooms with sofas and, above all, the rooms. Seating Rooms. They are the ones who monopolize attention and there are two types. On the one hand, the Deluxe cabins that have wood everywhere, a sofa that becomes a bed of 140 x 190 centimeters, coffee table, stool, private bathroom and an area of ​​7 m². Deluxe And his bathroom On the other hand, the suite cabins. With 11 m² and more windows, a table with two seats and a bed of 140 x 190 cm. It also has a bathroom, mirrors everywhere, as well as design lamps and accessories such as bronze finishes. Suite And his bathroom To eat, beyond the room service, there is a dining room in which chef Heinz Beck, with three Michelin stars, has designed the menu based on the country’s gastronomic tradition. Get to the seat. The intention of this new Express Orient is to emulate the experience of the Belgian original that connected Paris with Istanbul and already turned into his day into synonym for glamor and exclusivity. For the Dolce Vita Orient Express, eight itineraries have prepared with durations of one or two nights, depending on the route, and covering trips between Sicily and Rome, the ‘Trufa route’ or that of the vineyards, that of the beaches of Sicily, Venice and Tuscan or Venice and Portofino. The prices? The one of the vineyards of one night, from 3,060 euros per passenger. Venice and Tuscan of two nights from 5,440 euros per passenger and Sicily to Rome from 8,880 euros per passenger, but that if two people go. If only one goes, the Deluxe room comes out for 16,872 euros and the suite for 21,432 euros. In addition, you can reserve extra experiences such as visits to Taormina and Mararatea for another 800 euros. Revival of the train. Something interesting is that this train is not unique in Europe. He Britannic Exploreralso with Michelin star menu and Art Deco cabins to explore the United Kingdom, it is an example. Another is the Simplon Orient Expresswhich was the train that, until the arrival of La Dolce Vita, kept alive the spirit of the original orient express. And in Spain we have Alternatives as luxurious as transcantabric. These proposals are still very exclusive to attract luxury tourism national and international. Or for anyone who wants to give a whim Caprichazo Images | Orient Express In Xataka | The luxury cruise that became an excrement prison: the unpleasant history of Carnival Triumph

With a drone that hunts lightning

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The story, perhaps apocryphal, tells that in 1752 Benjamin Franklin made Your famous experiment of the kite with the help of his son William. The experiment consisted of “hunting” a ray through flying gadget and driving it to the ground through the rope, moistened for this purpose. More than 270 years later, they are no longer comets that we send to catch these atmospheric electric discharges. A drone to hunt rays. A Japanese researchers team has created A rayproof drone, an important feature since its function is precisely attracting these electrical discharges towards it. A system expressly designed to unleash and guide the rays in a storm thanks to a guided air vehicle from land. A flying lightning rod. The main use of this device would be to act as a steering wheel lightning. The mechanism can be coupled to any commercial drone and deploy in contexts in which the discharges associated with a storm could represent a risk. According to Explain the team Responsible for the development, only in Japan the costs associated with the impact of the rays range between 100,000 and 200,000 million yen (between 610 and 1,220 million euros) per year. And it is that the rays not only imply a risk for people (and animals), also to buildings and infrastructure. Faraday cage. Surviving a ray is not easy, so perhaps the most important piece in this drone is a Faraday cage. These types of devices They are based on the fact that the resulting electromagnetic field inside a equilibrium driver is null. This means that no burden is able to cross and enter this cage. Thanks to this, the drone is protected from lightning, a download that is not something almost everyday is less impressive: A “typical” ray Download about 30,000 amps with 300 million volts. Putting the ingenuity to the test. The team was testing its mechanism between December 2024 and January this year. In one of the tests, they detected thanks to a field mill an increase in the force of the electric field in a cloud, occasion they took to display the device at a height of 300 meters. The drone carried a cable that linked it with the earth through a switch at the ground level. When activating the switch, the equipment observed an important current circulating through the cable, accompanied by a “significant” increase in the force of the electric field. The team confirmed the passage of more than 2,000 volts between the cable and the earth, just before the burst of the ray. The experiment had been a success. A single use. The drone survived the impact, the cage that protected him, no. According to detailed the team responsible for developmentthe protective device was partially melted by the impact of lightning, but the drone inside the cage was able to continue its flight without major problem. Capturing energy. The team responsible for this flying lightning rod even speaks of the possibility of taking advantage of the energy of the rays captured by the artifact. For now we continue to be able to channel and control the enormous energy that these natural events emanate in a single moment. Maybe we will be able to completely tame this force of nature. If we succeed, having a versatile device that allows us to go to the right point will surely be very useful. In Xataka | The most disconcerting ray was detected in Oklahoma, 100 times more powerful than normal and in the direction of the stars Image | Takenbytablo / NTT

activates 10 new reactors and reinforces its nuclear domain

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The tariff war between the United States and China has not caused the Asian giant to make hasty decisions. On the contrary, the Nation of Xi Jinping continues to work on plans in the very long term, as is the case of the silent boom of oil. In this race towards energy self -sufficiency, the nuclear sector is another of the points where the Asian country is advancing leaps. Short. China has approved the construction of 10 new nuclear reactors, in an investment that exceeds 200 billion yuan (about 26 billion euros), According to The Paper. In this way, China celebrates its fourth consecutive year giving green light to large -scale nuclear initiatives. Renewed impulse. This ambition by the Asian giant in the nuclear ecosystem will be in charge of three state companies: China General Nuclear Power Corp. (CGN), China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) and State Power Investment Corp. According to China Dailythe authorities have hardened the control measures to ensure that each new reactor complies with the security standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (OIEA). State investment. The Chinese strategy is deeply linked to the optimization of construction and operation costs, thanks to the intervention of a state apparatus that facilitates loans with low interest rates, which has proven to be key to the viability of nuclear projects, such as has pointed out The Paper. Face to the future. The forecasts collected by Bloomberg They point out that China’s operational nuclear capacity will reach 110 million kilowatts by 2030, surpassing any other country. If you maintain this rhythm, by 2040 its nuclear park could touch the 200 gigawatts, which would be equivalent to about 10 % of all national energy production. The expansion. The nuclear advance of the Asian country is a strategic play, since in a global context towards cleaner sources, China seeks to position itself as an exporter of nuclear technology, including the own design reactor Hualong One. If this trend was consolidated, the country would be outlined as a geopolitical reference in the new energy order, combining industrial capacity, state financing and energy diplomacy to challenge Western hegemony. Image | Shubert Science and Pexels Xataka | China had never been an important actor in global oil production. That is starting to change

NASA will cancel the SLS rocket and look for a cheaper alternative to colonize the moon and Mars

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It was seen comingbut the impact is not less. The Trump administration has presented its budget proposal for fiscal year 2026. And in regards to NASA, it is a true earthquake. Goodbye to SLS. The huge and very expensive lunar rocket SLS of the NASA, whose development has led the Boeing spatial division for 14 years, will be removed after the Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027. There will be no block 1B version, and therefore the ML-2 mobile launch tower (whose budget had been sentenced) will be presumably without using. Justification is economical. The own Budget document Openly criticizes the SLS, noting that it has a cost of 4,000 million dollars per launch and has exceeded its budget by 140%. Demolish figures that not only They have sentenced the heir to the legacy Apollo and space transforders, but to all NASA’s lunar architecture. Goodbye to Orion and Lunar Gateway. Designed to launch aboard the SLS, the Lockheed Martin’s space capsule now has the same expiration date: it will be removed after taking astronauts to the lunar orbit in the Artemis II and Artemis III missions. NASA will choose a more modern and affordable architecture for Artemis IV onwards. But the cuts do not stop here. The Lunar Gateway Space Station, a key international project in the now truncated plans of the Artemis program, is also canceled. This leaves NASA’s international partners in a very delicate position that participated in the station: the European Space Agency (ESA), Japan (Jaxa), Canada (CSA) and United Arab Emirates. ESA, which supplies the European Ship Module Orion and develops The I-Hab and Esprit modules of Lunar Gatewaysee how your investment and astronaut places (including a seat to travel for the first time to the lunar surface) are in the air. As Daniel Marín points out in Eurekathe “ugly” to the partners is considerable. Especially to Europe. The bet: commercial ships and Mars. According to a NASA statement, the objective of these cuts is “to accelerate human exploration to the moon and Mars with a tax portfolio.” In other words, the blank checks for usual partners of the space agency are over. The White House wants to “return to the moon before China and put an American on Mars.” The budget allocates more than 7,000 million dollars to lunar exploration, but focused on “next generation commercial systems, more profitable” to replace the SLS/ORion architecture. Starship/HLS of Spacex and New Glenn/Blue Moon of Blue Origin have, as is logical, many ballots. The budget also introduces an investment of 1,000 million dollars to start a program focused on Mars. Although the details are scarce, it is taken for granted that will also pivot the SLS to the Spacex Starship, following Elon Musk’s vision. However, it is a very long -term bet, with little chances of seeing fruits before the current presidential mandate ends. Less science, less flights to ISS. The budget is especially devastating for NASA’s Space Science Division, which suffers a cut of 2,265 million dollars. The Mars Sample Return mission is explicitly canceled to recover the Martian soil samples from Rover Perseverance, arguing that the same objective will be achieved with future manned missions. Emblematic projects such as the new Nancy Grace Roman (which is almost finished), the historic Hubble space telescope and even, According to Eric Berger of Ars TechnicaNASA’s participation in the Rosalind Franklin European mission. The International Space Station, although it will remain operational until 2030, is not fought. NASA will reduce the size of the American crew and on-board research (-508 million budget), decreasing “significantly” loading and crew flights, gradually leaving the low terrestrial orbit in the hands of commercial stations (and China). A cycle change. While the proposal has yet to go through Congress, the Republican majority makes it difficult to take great modifications, although programs such as SLS/ORION have important support within the giant lobby as Boeing. The big question is whether this bet will work to win the space race against China. The abrupt cancellation of the SLS could leave a vacuum that China would take the opportunity to establish a sustained lunar presence before commercial alternatives are ready. And it is that getting to the Moon is not easy for private companies, as the failed launches of the NASA Clps program have demonstrated. Needless to say how risky it is to bet on an accelerated arrival to Mars. Image | POT In Xataka | China is getting closer to overcoming NASA in its Martian mission. And just invited other countries to join

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