This week the world has experienced the three hottest days on record.
Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere.
We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures.
Here’s my call to #ClimateAction: https://t.co/G4cwroe32y
[cryptography] "happened *before* the Internet arrived on the scene [, enabling] e-commerce applications on the Internet . . . Modern cryptography is one great example of the incredible economic consequences of curiosity-driven, theoretical research" - Avi Wigderson @JointQUICS
We sometimes forget that research is also about jobs. Optics and Photonics, classical and quantum, industry and academia - there’s a spectrum of fascinating careers https://t.co/XFzlWUGLMt
SpeedyWeather.jl our new interactive (bye Fortran!) atmospheric model written in #JuliaLang now has a decent hydrological cycle. Here humidity at 300hPa from a 100km, can someone spot the convective cells?
https://t.co/Js6MRezfV4
A new tool for measuring #entanglement in many-body systems has been developed and demonstrated in experiment by a team led by Peter Zoller. This method could contribute to a better understanding of #quantum matter @Nature
▶️ https://t.co/73TPODghmk
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Professor Niels Kjærgaard awarded the Hector Medal for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of scientific understanding of fundamental particles, through experimental studies of atomic collisions and light-scattering using ultracold gases.
https://t.co/m0Ghp7bp9n
Otago Honorary Prof Crisping Gardiner will give a Department Seminar next week:
History of the Master Equation
https://t.co/ZMIdNEwAyJ
@otago@quantumotago@doddwalls
Long-running summer school paper “Introduction to Astronomy” is now in semester 2 starting 2024. ASTR 101 Introduction to Astronomy, covers the history and cutting edge of astronomy and astrophysics.
https://t.co/Z1H0g0W4ix
McKinsey overview of the quantum technology field globally at the #NYC#Quantum Summit
- $6.8B raised, 223 QC startups, 72 quantum communication, 23 quantum sensing
- $34B government funding announced
- 45K QT related publications in 2022
- China leads in QT patents