So far researchers have only been able to control a handful of qubits — the basic units of information in a quantum computer. A new approach could help them control millions at a time.
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The independence of Australia’s central bank doesn’t make it infallible. It should welcome peer review.
Like atomic bombs and chemical and biological weapons, deadly drones that make their own decisions must be tightly controlled by an international treaty.
That no Australian government in almost a decade has successfully brought this policy to a formal close is astonishing. In fact, Australia ceased transferring new arrivals offshore in 2014.
Australians who normally live overseas will face an even tougher time coming back to Australia, under new rules that start this week.
An article in the eminent US magazine Science has triggered debate over whether scientists should use climate models. Here’s what you should know about climate models ahead of today’s IPCC report.
NSW needs to mandate masks outdoors, provide adequate financial support, set up a ‘ring of steel’, use rapid tests for essential workers, and ensure cases not in full isolation get to zero, among others.
Ironically, it is the “ivory-tower” economists who tend to do the most interesting, and valuable, work.
The sameness of the way in which universities present themselves is based on a shared view of what they think stakeholders want. Behind the official facade it’s more like ‘organised anarchy’.
Automation is set to put a lot of people out of work - but machine learning could help them find their next career.
Ancient Babylonians achieved a practical application of trigonometry that was massively advanced for the time.
Uber’s downsides are well publicised, but it may have a big social benefit in helping to reduce the incidence of drunk driving.
How to inject more reality into gamblers’ overestimation of their chances of winning? One simple tool is feedback.
Policing during the pandemic has tended to focus on punitive measures against individuals. A community-focused, public health approach would move away from coercive policing.
Once we achieve herd immunity, people who are not vaccinated benefit indirectly from the immunity of those around them. But it’s not easy to say exactly when we’ll reach this threshold for COVID-19.
If Australians won’t take the AstraZeneca vaccine, we must donate it to save lives elsewhere, especially while we queue-jump for more Pfizer doses.
Last week the Bureau of Meteorology declared a negative Indian Ocean Dipole — a natural climate phenomenon set to bring wet weather. Let’s look at what you can expect, and the role of climate change.
NSW’s successful test and trace strategy controlled the Crossroads Hotel outbreak a year ago without needing a stringent lockdown. But this has not worked as well against Delta.
To paraphrase a legendary golfing saying, the harder you work, the luckier you get.
Nutrition for kids is key to achieving economic development.
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Scientia Professor in Quantum Engineering, UNSW
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Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Quantum Engineering, UNSW
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Julian Zipparo is a Friend of The Conversation.
Executive Manager, Research Engagement, UTS; PhD Higher Education, UNSW
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Professor of Social Policy / CEO, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW
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Chief Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and Professor Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW
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International refugee lawyer and scholar, UNSW
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Affiliate, Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Chief Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW
