Despite the $100 million Breakthrough Starshot pledge, public accounting shows less than $10 million spending. Philip Lubin (UC Santa Barbara, laser propulsion) received ~$200,000 over eight years.

Scientists have developed a novel technology to further advance water desalination — the process of removing salt from seawater — potentially offering a large-scale solution for an imperiled ...

Google has demonstrated a 13,000 times speedup for the Quantum Echoes algorithm using its Willow quantum chip. The feat is repeatable, according to the company, and it paves the way toward real-world ...

Google said it had achieved a verifiable "quantum advantage" with its Willow chip completing a calculation that would take classical supercomputers thousands of times longer. The reported breakthrough ...

More than four decades after a baby boy was found dead at a park in San Bruno, police have announced a breakthrough in the case. In a statement Tuesday, police said they have identified the parents of ...

Enabled by the introduction of its Willow quantum chip last year, Google today claims it's conducted breakthrough research that confirms it can create real-world applications for quantum computers.

A North Carolina–based company may have just given the U.S. a major boost toward energy independence and a cleaner future. Interesting Engineering reports that Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) has ...

The research team working towards quantum computing at Google Quantum AI announced a major step forward this week in the journal Nature. Thanks to Willow, a quantum chip that features a 105-qubit ...

At 8:33 p.m. Monday, minutes after his season sank below the waves, Bryan Woo was asked how he’d describe the legacy of the 2025 Mariners. Before he could answer, a scream rang through the quiet ...

Sonrotoclax, a BCL2 inhibitor, received FDA breakthrough therapy designation for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, indicating its potential to transform patient outcomes. The drug is ...

A verified leap flips the script on computing power. The stock market has a new obsession this year, and it’s not just AI. Quantum computing stocks have had a rollicking 2025, becoming arguably the ...