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First Light Fusion Successfully Recreates Orbital Impact Velocities at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (350+ words) First Light Fusion (FLF) has successfully completed the first experimental campaign of its VIPER velocity amplifier at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Hypervelocity Impact Laboratory (HVIL), demonstrating First Light Fusion's ability to create some of the most extreme…...
Geometric Quantum Gates and the Future of Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing
2+ day, 4+ min ago (1415+ words) My name is Yann Kiefer, and I am a postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zurich, where I have been working for the past two years in the Quantum Optics Group. My research focuses on optical lattice systems, many-body physics with ultracold…...
New Quantum Experiment Shows Time is Created by Moving Atomic Disorder
2+ day, 33+ min ago (696+ words) A scientist at the'University of Birmingham has constructed a "mini universe" that moves closer to providing more answers about the nature of time. The study was published in'Physical Review Research. Professor Giovanni Barontini demonstrates how time can be measured without…...
Robust Supernova Data Confirms Dark Energy is Driving Cosmic Acceleration
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (364+ words) A new international study has strengthened evidence that the universe's expansion is still accelerating, challenging earlier claims that questioned one of modern cosmology's most important discoveries. The study was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The…...
Archer Advances Quantum Strategy Amid Growing Global Momentum
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (430+ words) The Company has made progress across its key quantum technology programs. Archer continues to advance its 12 CQ quantum computing program through a combination of internal development activities and collaborations with technical partners. Archer's global partner ecosystem is key in progressing…...
How Regional Quantum Hubs Could Accelerate Commercialization in the US
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (989+ words) Being part of that announcement alongside Senator Gillibrand at the Innovare Advancement Center was incredibly meaningful for both BQP and the broader region. It signaled that quantum technology is no longer viewed as a distant scientific concept, but as a…...
Building the Perfect Lunar Construction Team
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (453+ words) Building a habitat on the moon is going to depend on a collaborative process between humans and robots. But Adelaide University Ph D candidate Albert Rajkumar is exploring the importance of another player in the process " the architectural artifact itself....
Monash and FZU Researchers Build the World's Smallest QR Code Atom by Atom
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (467+ words) Researchers from the Monash University School of Physics and Astronomy and the Czech Academy of Sciences have created what is believed to be the world's smallest scannable QR code, measuring just 50 by 50 nm2. That's more than 1000 times smaller in width than…...
Astronomers Detect Ancient Quasar Glowing from the Early Universe
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (640+ words) An early-universe quasar, the earliest of its kind to date, has been found flickering by astronomers from Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and others. The findings were reported in Nature Astronomy. Every galaxy, including the Milky Way, has…...
How Microsoft's New Quantum Chip was Made 1, 000x More Reliable with the Help of Microsoft Discovery's Agentic AI
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1322+ words) Microsoft today unveiled Majorana 2, its newest topological quantum chip featuring a next-generation materials stack and qubits that are 1, 000 times more reliable than their predecessors. With this progress, the team now expects to achieve a scalable quantum computer by 2029, cutting its…...