Semiconductor Engineering

Loss Errors in Error-Corrected Circuits Across A Range Of Quantum Hardware Platforms (MIT, Harvard, QuEra)

A new technical paper titled “Leveraging Qubit Loss Detection in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Algorithms” was published by ...
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Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering errors can cause big problems, like crashing or landing sideways

Intuitive Machines' uncrewed Odysseus moon landing almost failed due to a single safety switch. Other moon-landing attempts have crashed or burned due to leaky valves or software glitches. Their ...
For Construction Pros

What Caused FIU Bridge Collapse?

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined engineering errors are the probable causes of a fatal pedestrian bridge collapse that occurred last year in Miami. Those errors caused the ...
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China turns buried $50m tunnel machine failure into landmark feat of precision engineering

Here's how Chinese engineers rescued a failed tunnel boring machine by guiding a second one to meet it under a river.
Semiconductor Engineering

More Errors, More Correction in Memories

As memory bit cells of any type become smaller, bit error rates increase due to lower margins and process variation. This can be dealt with using error correction to ...