South Chicago residents question promises of quantum computing hub
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago hopes to take an innovative step toward the future with the construction of a quantum manufacturing plant. The development is scheduled to break ground this year at a former ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana20h
Quantum company redeveloping U.S. Steel's South Works site reaches validation phase
The quantum computing firm that's looking to redevelop the former U.S. Steel South Works advanced to the final stage of a Department of Defense quantum computing program.
Science Daily23h
Negative refraction of light using atoms instead of metamaterials
Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...
The Christian Science Monitor23h
Deep underground, missileers watch over America’s nuclear weapons
Only Donald Trump can make the call to launch U.S. nuclear-armed ICBMs. Our reporter visits the subterranean world of the ...
Tara Stamps says she’ll step down as Brandon Johnson’s campaign chair after Sun-Times inquiries
The Sun-Times asked why she held the prominent role with Friends of Brandon Johnson given that she's an employee of the Chicago Teachers Union, which is in the midst of talks with Chicago Public ...
The Erasing of American Science
The government has funded science and then largely left well enough alone. Scientific agencies have been staffed by ...
Nature1d
‘Targeted and belittled’: scientists at US environmental agency speak out as layoffs begin
President Donald Trump and his team view the Environmental Protection Agency as a threat to US prosperity. Workers have been ...
A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons
Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...
Scientists directly prove the existence of a nuclear-spin dark state
Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize technology by solving complex calculations and computations that are ...
What 80 degrees in February does to Georgia blueberries. Major fruit, crops at risk
Unusually warm temperatures in February were a welcomed reprieve from snow, but it is bad news for blueberries. Is climate ...
Scientists Warn Trump's NIH Cuts Will Drop 'Atomic Bomb' On Health Research
It feels like a dark time is ahead. We’re going to try to weather it, but we’re not optimistic that it’ll pass soon,“ ...