MIT Qubit Design Could Speed Quantum Operations While Preserving Data
Insider Brief MIT researchers designed a qubit architecture that simulations suggest could speed quantum operations while preserving stored…
Ancient American cheetahs were not exactly cheetah-like
The American cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani) stalked North America’s Pleistocene grasslands for nearly 2.5 million years, but new evidence…
Satellites spot forest stress two years before bark beetle die-offs become apparent
image: Pixels of forested lands that were categorized as a) control (low tree mortality by wildfire and bark…
More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heatwaves – but they must be planted nearer to homes
Heatwaves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe’s capital cities this summer, as they…
The 20th Data Release (DR 20) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is Here!
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the largest multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey of the cosmos, has…
Quantum chip opens new way to read complex quantum systems
A quantum computing method called QCS reconstructed spectra from static, open and periodically driven quantum systems using one…
Australia’s endangered eastern quolls have welcomed new joeys; after vanishing from the mainland for 60 years, the species is now breeding again in a rare conservation comeback
A study released 20 captive-bred eastern quolls at Tasmania’s 6,500-hectare Silver Plains conservation property. (Photo: Booderee NP) The…
Peter Beck’s Neutron Rocket Could Slip to 2027. Here’s How Much the Delay Actually Matters.
In the summer of 2025, I took a little road trip — all the way out to the…
About Half of World’s Population Worried by Air Pollution
LONDON — About half of adults worldwide (47%) are not worried about being seriously harmed by the air…
Three Additional Space-Based AMTI Vendors Revealed
Three Additional Space-Based AMTI Vendors Revealed | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Vivienne Machi September 04,…
Quantum Computing Challenges Holding Back Practical Quantum Computers
Insider Brief Quantum computing still faces major hardware, error correction, scaling, software and workforce challenges before it can…
Watching Wildlife: How to Share the Shore and Sea with Marine Animals
This weekend, many of us will take to the water and the beach to bask in the last…