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IBM's Quantum Computing Compromise—a Road to Scale?

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As of this week (8 August), all of Big Blue's quantum processors will use a hexagonal layout that features considerably fewer connections between qubits —the quantum equivalent of bits—than the square layout used in its earlier designs and by competitors Google and Rigetti Computing. Google didn't respond to an interview request.

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Honda unveils Fit EV concept and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle platform at Los Angeles Auto Show

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The Fit EV Concept hints strongly at the direction and styling for Honda’s upcoming production Fit EV battery-electric vehicle, which will be introduced to the US and Japan in 2012. Partners in the program will include Stanford University, City of Torrance, Calif. and Google, Inc.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

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Home Business Digital Life New Media Comms CIO R&D Government Careers Events E-Monday Video Audio Dublin: 18.04.2009 02:44 AM SiliconRepublic.com Irelands Technology News Service RSS News Alerts Subscribe Features Google reports record Q1 profits BT reveals 24Mbps service Yahoo!,

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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Devastating accidents, like the ones at Chernobyl in Ukraine and Fukushima in Japan, can leave areas uninhabitable. Consequently, governments, universities, and companies have long looked to fusion to remedy these ills. The enriched uranium fuel they use must be kept secure. Among those interested parties is NASA. Researchers at.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

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And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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The true impact of electric vehicles should consider the make-up of the power grids where these cars will be used. The reality is that those ships in our harbors…yeah…those are the real polluters – (University of Colorado at Boulder (2009, February 27). market b y the end of 2009. Does that bother you?