Best of Last Week - Map of universe questioned, violent history of our faces and resistant bacteria found in food

Monday, June 16, 2014 - 08:10 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org) —It's been a quirky week for physics as a study finds weird magic ingredient for quantum computing—a team of researchers with the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing found that an odd aspect of quantum theory called contextuality is a necessary resource to achieve what's been described as the bit of magic needed for universal quantum computation. Also, map of the universe questioned: Dwarf galaxies don't fit standard model—the mismatch is calling into question the standard model of cosmology, which no doubt has a lot of space scientists nervous. And who'd of thought that after years of geological study, that researchers would find new evidence for oceans of water deep in the Earth—beneath the United States, no less. In another bit of quirkiness, 55-year-old dark side of the Moon mystery is solved—turns out the lack of maria was due to a temperature gradient that came about as a...

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