DTN 078: Breakthrough in Quantum Error Correction

Plus: First 3D printed metal in space, UTI fighting CRISPR-enhanced viruses, robots tying shoes, NASA's solar sail, nuclear clocks, and more.

“I’ve always been interested in the tension between futuristic technology and truly beautiful human experiences. You can create things that are super useful, but if they’re too complicated, unpleasant to use, or don’t have that human touch to them then they don’t catch on in society. That’s where we come in.”

Google says it’s made a quantum computing breakthrough that reduces errors

“Google researchers claim to have made a breakthrough in quantum error correction, one that could pave the way for quantum computers that finally live up to the technology’s promise. Proponents of quantum computers say the machines will be able to benefit scientific discovery in fields ranging from particle physics to drug and materials design—if only their builders can make the hardware behave as intended. One major challenge has been that quantum computers can store or manipulate information incorrectly, preventing them from executing algorithms that are long enough to be useful. The new research from Google Quantum AI and its academic collaborators demonstrates that they can actually add components to reduce these errors. Previously, because of limitations in engineering, adding more components to the quantum computer tended to introduce more errors. Ultimately, the work bolsters the idea that error correction is a viable strategy toward building a useful quantum computer. Some critics had doubted that it was an effective approach, according to physicist Kenneth Brown of Duke University, who was not involved in the research.” (MIT Technology Review)

• U.S., China and other nations convene in Seoul for summit on AI use in military

• First metal part 3D printed in space

• Polaris Dawn astronauts perform first private spacewalk in a stellar success for SpaceX

• The next frontier for EV batteries: Nanoscale coatings

• Former Samsung execs arrested for using stolen tech to build chip factory in China

• CRISPR-enhanced viruses are being deployed against UTIs

• US House passes biosecure bill, targeting key China biotech firms

Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur, and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis successfully completed the first ever private spacewalk.

The successful private spacewalk by Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis represents a breakthrough in commercial space exploration, blending private enterprise with advanced astronautics. This mission harnesses SpaceX's technology and private funding to conduct complex space operations once exclusive to government agencies, integrating commercial interests with cutting-edge space activities. (via New York Times)

• These sub-1mm robots morph and crawl with an electric zap

• Smartphone-based microscope rapidly reconstructs 3D holograms

• Orchestrating a swarm of robots for exploration of canyon on Mars

• Electrically modulated light antenna points the way to faster computer chips

• Scientists prove long-standing wave amplification theory

• Scientists invent nanorobots that can repair brain aneurysms

• Quantum researchers cause controlled 'wobble' in the nucleus of a single atom

• Climate tech investor AENU closes fund at €170M — but moves away from evergreen structure

• D-Matrix woos investors as it prepares to unveil new chip

• Inversion Space accelerates orbital reentry vehicle tech with $71M Space Force contract

• Atomico, one of Europe’s most prominent VCs, raises $1.24B to back European startups from Series A and beyond

• C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using natural gas, filings reveal

• Japan gives $2.4B in incentives to Toyota and more for EV battery making

• Reverion is making manure out of other biogas power plants and now has $62M to play with

• AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li raises $230M for new startup World Labs

• Nuclear startup Fuse valued at over $200M in new funding

• OpenAI, Thrive Capital back six-month-old AI drug discovery startup

• Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs Siltrax with $7M for silicon-based hydrogen fuel cells.

• ZeroAvia, a hydrogen-electric plan developer, completes $150M Series C financing, including investments from Airbus and AA

• Forterra, a self-driving technology startup for defense and industry, raised a $75M Series B

• Defense tech startup Darkhive raised a $21M Series A

Hardware companies dominate a list of promising climate tech startups / “The first robotic leg with muscles”: breakthrough announced by European researchers / Old satellite to burn up over Pacific in 'targeted' re-entry first / Searching 32M academic papers for obscene acronyms hidden in the titles (2022) / Human drivers are to blame for most serious Waymo collisions / Crash dummies and robot arms: How airline seats are tested / Google DeepMind teaches a robot to autonomously tie its shoes and fix fellow robots / Aging, overworked and underfunded: NASA faces a dire future, according to experts / How to Spot NASA's Solar Sail Demonstration Streaking Through the Night Sky / What Does It Take to Run Shor's Algorithm on a Quantum Computer? / Meet the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes / FDA Approves Apple AirPods As Hearing Aids / A New Mini-Moon Is Being Captured by Planet Earth / The world’s first nuclear clock is on the horizon / Particles that damage satellites can be flushed out of orbit / Alien Spaceships Could Be Detected Using Gravitational Waves / Internet picks “werewolf clawing off its own shirt” as new Michigan “I Voted” sticker

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