Photo of a single atom.
This is a strontium atom, which has 38 protons; the diameter of a strontium atom is a few millionths of a millimeter.
Taken by David Nadlinger and titled “Single Atom In An Ion Trap,” the photo is the winner of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s 2018 science photography competition. The photo depicts a single strontium atom, embedded inside a strong electric field, blasted by lasers which cause it to emit light.
DESI has made the largest 3D map of our Universe to date
Earth is at the center in this animation, each blue point is a galaxy: > 14 million galaxies in total up to 11 billion light years away
The gaps are the regions where our own galaxy blocks the view
We see Willow as an important step in our journey to build a useful quantum computer with practical applications in areas like drug discovery, fusion energy, battery design + more. Details here: https://t.co/dgPuXOoBSZ
Introducing Willow, our new state-of-the-art quantum computing chip with a breakthrough that can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits, cracking a 30-year challenge in the field. In benchmark tests, Willow solved a standard computation in <5 mins that would take a leading supercomputer over 10^25 years, far beyond the age of the universe(!).
There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy. Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt, and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics. Michelle and I are wishing him a quick recovery.
Hard to believe that Germany is shutting down its last nuclear power plants and restarting coal plants — switching from one of the safest energy sources to the deadliest.
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