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New Advances Bring the Age of Quantum Computing Closer Than Ever | Quanta Magazine

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In a white paper written on the same day as the Caltech paper, Gidney and his colleagues announced that they had developed a new method for breaking ECC that was at least 10 times more efficient than previous methods. They estimate that most cryptocurrencies would provide seconds to a machine with less than 500,000 qubits. … Read more

New Genetic Research Reveals Why The 8-Hour Sleep Rule Doesn’t Work For Everyone – Altitudes Magazine

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New Genetic Research Reveals Why The 8-Hour Sleep Rule Doesn't Work For Everyone - Altitudes Magazine

About 35% of American adults get less than seven hours of sleep every night, according to the CDC’s Sleep and Sleep Disorders data. Public health messages have taken these statistics as a tragedy for decades. But a growing body of genetic and neuroscience research is forcing scientists to ask a more difficult question: what if … Read more