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Gibbs free energy Updated +Created
TODO understand more intuitively how that determines if a reaction happens or not.
At least from the formula we see that:
  • the more exothermic, the more likely it is to occur
  • if the entropy increases, the higher the temperature, the more likely it is to occur
    • otherwise, the lower the temperature the more likely it is to occur
A prototypical example of reaction that is exothermic but does not happen at any temperature is combustion.
Video 1.
Lab 7 - Gibbs Free Energy by MJ Billman (2020)
Source. Shows the shift of equilibrium due to temperature change with a color change in a HCl CoCl reaction. Unfortunately there are no conclusions because its student's homework.
Graphene Updated +Created
A single layer of graphite.
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Multiomics Updated +Created
Integrating multiple omics, comes quite close to whole cell simulation.
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Pernosco Updated +Created
Proprietary extension to Mozilla rr by rr lead coder Robert O'Callahan et. al, started in 2016 after he quit Mozilla.
Skew-symmetric matrix Updated +Created
WTF is a skew? "Antisymmetric" is just such a better name! And it also appears in other definitions such as antisymmetric multilinear map.
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BB84 Updated +Created
Does not require entangled particles, unlike E91 which does.
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quantum_key_distribution&oldid=1079513227#BB84_protocol:_Charles_H._Bennett_and_Gilles_Brassard_(1984) explains it well. Basically:
  • Alice and Bob randomly select a measurement basis of either 90 degrees and 45 degrees for each photon
  • Alice measures each photon. There are two possible results to either measurement basis: parallel or perpendicular, representing values 0 or 1. TODO understand better: weren't the possible results supposed to be pass or non-pass? She writes down the results, and sends the (now collapsed) photons forward to Bob.
  • Bob measures the photons and writes down the results
  • Alice and Bob communicate to one another their randomly chosen measurement bases over the unencrypted classic channel.
    This channel must be authenticated to prevent man-in-the-middle. The only way to do this authentication that makes sense is to use a pre-shared key to create message authentication codes. Using public-key cryptography for a digital signature would be pointless, since the only advantage of QKD is to avoid using public-key cryptography in the first place.
  • they drop all photons for which they picked different basis. The measurements of those which were in the same basis are the key. Because they are in the same basis, their results must always be the same in an ideal system.
  • if there is an eavesdropper on the line, the results of measurements on the same basis can differ.
    Unfortunately, this can also happen due to imperfections in the system.
    Alice and Bob must decide what level of error is above the system's imperfections and implies that an attacker is listening.
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