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What you need to know before investing in quantum technology

Physics World

Quantum science and technology is a hot ticket today, with governments, major tech companies and financiers around the world pouring money into research and development. Qubit numbers are not everything and potential investors in new quantum computing technologies might want to consider a figure of merit called “quantum volume”.

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How the Netherlands is forging ahead in quantum technologies

Physics World

In 2013 – as head of strategy at the ministry – I visited the University of Technology in Delft to hear about their plans to start a quantum institute. We bridge the gap between fundamental research and business, especially for start-ups that are taking quantum technology out of the lab and into people’s lives.

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When Bad Ballot Designs Confuse Voters, Democracy Suffers. Science has Solutions.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Instead, we recommend that states adopt accessible vote-by-mail systems that permit voters with disabilities to use online platforms that can be used with assistive technology to mark and submit ballots. When government election office websites offer translations, they are frequently computer generated.

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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Union of Concerned Scientists

The share of online transactions among total US sales grew from just under six percent in 2013 to around 15 percent in 2021, according to the Census Bureau’s Annual Retail Trade Survey. Some of the same researchers are currently working on a comparable study for the United States and their preliminary results are similar.

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Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

Union of Concerned Scientists

That’s a far cry from just six years ago, when EVs were considered a niche technology (and the fossil fuel baron Charles Koch and his minions wanted to keep it that way). Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) projects that 50 percent of US passenger car sales could very well be electric by 2030. How significant is that?

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UK's quantum computing sector is flourishing after early investment

New Scientist

Investment that the UK government started in quantum technologies in 2013 seems to have paid off by enabling the existence of companies at the cutting edge of research

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Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is due in no small part to the “ nuclear bros ”: an active and seemingly tireless group of nuclear power advocates who dominate social media discussions on energy by promoting SMRs and other “advanced” nuclear technologies as the only real solution for the climate crisis.