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McGuire’s critique is fundamentally correct

Allowing Nvidia H200 sales to China while acknowledging AI chips are a national-security risk is not “pragmatism” — it’s strategic incoherence.

Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway exoplanets

Quantum computers could help sharpen our images of exoplanets. The light emanating from alien worlds carries quantum information that can help produce better images of the planets.

Quantum computing threatens the $2 trillion Bitcoin network. BTQ Technologies says it has a defense. Post-quantum cryptography specialist BTQ Technologies has introduced ‘Bitcoin Quantum,’ a permissionless fork and testnet of the largest cryptocurrency.

Quantum computing threatens the $2 trillion Bitcoin network. BTQ Technologies says it has a defense.

Post-quantum cryptography specialist BTQ Technologies has introduced ‘Bitcoin Quantum,’ a permissionless fork and testnet of the largest cryptocurrency.
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Scientists have measured the speed of quantum entanglement for the first time using attosecond techniques, providing new insight into how entangled particles interact and deepening our understanding of fundamental quantum behavior.

#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science

Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway exoplanets

Quantum computers could help sharpen our images of exoplanets. The light emanating from alien worlds carries quantum information that can help produce better images of the planets.

The Thought Experiments That Fray the Fabric of Space-Time | Quanta Magazine These three imagined scenarios lead many physicists to doubt that space-time is fundamental.

If Schrodinger’s cat epitomizes quantum mechanics, what metaphor or mind game could provide a way into the world beyond space-time? Explore our interactive dive into the thought experiments of the new physics era.

Time is ticking. Quantum isn’t slowing down.

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Google Willow: The secrets of the world's most powerful quantum computer Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.

Google, that's all good and well, but when are you going to work out when winter's coming? #quantum #GOT #google #googlewillow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Bloch Quantum advances in Tech Hubs funding competition Proposal to secure quantum supply chain, speed deployment was among 11 of 19 to reach the final stage

The Bloch Quantum, led by the Chicago Quantum Exchange, advanced to the final round of the EDA awards competition with a proposal to secure the US quantum supply chain and accelerate quantum commercialization.

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Tis the season for some big upcoming conferences in the quantum community, e.g. QIP in Riga, Latvia and the APS Global Physics Summit in Denver, Colorado.

Researchers Map How Quantum Computing Could Accelerate Single-Cell Biology A new study outlines how quantum computing, used alongside classical computing and AI, could help address computational limits.

Researchers mapped how quantum computing could accelerate single-cell biology, showing models where quantum algorithms improve analysis of complex biological data, potentially speeding up discoveries in genetics and disease research.

#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science

‘Quantum Echoes’ on Google’s Willow Chip Hint at Future Breakthroughs “Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the physics of black holes

"Google researchers ran it through a doubled OTOC protocol: scramble, butterfly, unscramble, scramble, butterfly, unscramble."

Next time they should use the microwave, far quicker. #quantum

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New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote, so not too surprising that they're pioneers in #quantum mechanics. #kiakaha

Tube trains could navigate the Underground using the weird rules of Quantum Physics Tube trains of the future may soon know exactly where they are underground -- even in places where GPS is blind -- by tapping into the strange rules of the quantum world.

Tube trains could navigate the Underground using the rules of Quantum Physics https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tube-trains-could-navigate-the-underground-using-the-weird-rules-of-quantum-physics-86370/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509967)

Researchers Demonstrate the Possibility of Studying Dark Matter Using Quantum Sensors Researchers show the possibility of studying dark matter using quantum sensors to analyze its distribution.

A new study shows #quantum sensors could help scientists detect dark #matter in ways never before possible. 🌠

👉 Roberta Duarte looks at why this matters.

DARPA seeks universal translator between different kinds of quantum computer With rival tech giants building different kinds of “quantum bits,” from superconductors to photonics to trapped ions, DARPA program manager Justin Cohen worries no one approach will work for every purpose — so he wants to find a way to make them work together.

DARPA seeks universal translator between different kinds of quantum computer
https://breakingdefense.com/2026/01/darpa-seeks-universal-translator-between-different-kinds-of-quantum-computer/

Building an AI Scientist Hertz Fellow Sam Rodriguez launched FutureHouse, a nonprofit research lab working toward building an AI scientist or AI systems that can automate scientific research in biology and other complex scien...

“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”

Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.

Time Travel

I was asked about this today. Is it even possible?
My answer is based around Physics and having thought a fair bit about it. The theories that we have that most directly apply are Special and General Relativity, Quantum Physics, and Thermodynamics. 1/26

Third of Bitcoin vulnerable to quantum attack, warns Coinbase research chief

Third of Bitcoin vulnerable to quantum attack, warns Coinbase research chief

In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything | Quanta Magazine Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation.

In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation.

www.quantamagazine.org/in-quantum-m...

These women helped to shape quantum mechanics — it’s time to recognize them An astute book redresses our collective perception of a field that became known as ‘boys’ physics’.

Book review 📚 These women helped to shape quantum mechanics — it’s time to recognize them

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In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything | Quanta Magazine Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation.

In quantum physics, even nothingness can be infinite. @georgemusser.com explains:
www.quantamagazine.org/in-quantum-m...

Jordan plans ‘quantum-resistant’ transition roadmap for banks - Central Banking Central bank calls for co-ordination over encryption measures to ensure business continuity

Central Bank of Jordan orchestrating plan to help commercial lenders ready their systems for quantum computing www.centralbanking.com/central-bank...

A strange kind of quantumness may be key to quantum computers' success Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextuality" may be a crucial ingredient for its computational prowess

Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextuality" may be a crucial ingredient for its computational prowess

Despite this year’s Nobel prize spotlight on quantum devices, you don't need to be a Nobel laureate to design your own qubit processor. Our goal with Quantum Metal is to make quantum device design accessible to anyone who’s curious about how quantum hardware actually works.

First take on Blue Sky since arriving yesterday: It's the first new Social Media platform I've been on (Mastodon, Nostr etc) UX-wise which has the potential to derail Twitter/X (if and when it goes to a pay-to-use structure). Features need to be added etc but it's a pretty decent experience so far 👍

Sounds good to me! All the best Adi.