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Low-noise microwave amplifiers bring quantum computers closer to scale (techspot.com)

2026-02-20 | get Quantum computer → | tags: adding, adding photon, amplification

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X-rays reveal kingfisher feather structure in unprecedented detail (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-18 | get X-ray → | tags: crystals, feathers, kingfisher

33.

Why is the sky blue? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-09 | get Cloud → | tags: blue, dust, light

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Why Is the Sky Blue? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-09 | get Ocean Breeze → | tags: blue, dust, light

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Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck — following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | get Microchip → | tags: industry, kewada, optical

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Bill Gates-backed silicon photonics startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller than current tech — optical chip can process 1,000 x 1,000 multiplication matrices (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-26 | by Jowi Morales | get Optical transistor → | tags: chip, nvidia, optical

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Artificial skin mimics the octopus’s art of disguise (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-06 | by Renz | get Neuralink → | tags: al nanophotonics, animal, doshi

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This tiny chip could change the future of quantum computing (sciencedaily.com)

2025-12-26 | get Quantum processor → | tags: computers, device, laser

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Programmable 200 GOPS Hopfield-inspired photonic Ising machine (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-17 | by Al-Kayed | get Photonic Ising machine → | tags: ising, optical, photonic

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5D glass storage 'memory crystals' promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience, which is roughly the age of the universe — crams 360 terabytes into 5-inch glass disc with femtosecond laser (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Luke James | get Memory Crystals → | tags: glass, media, sphotonix

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5D glass storage 'memory crystals' promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience, which is also the age of the universe — crams 360 terabytes into 5-inch glass disc with femtosecond laser (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-14 | by Luke James | get Memory Crystals → | tags: glass, media, sphotonix

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Photonic latch memory could enable optical processor caches that run up to 60 GHz, twenty times faster than standard caches — optical SRAM stores and outputs data entirely as light, but density challenges remain (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-12 | by Luke James | get Optical RAM → | tags: latch, light, memory

43.

Quantum Teleportation Between Photons From Two Distant Light Sources Achieved (slashdot.org)

2025-11-20 | get Quantum Dot → | tags: photon, photons, quantum

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GlobalFoundries buys silicon photonics firm Advanced Micro Foundry for undisclosed amount — move makes chipmaker one of the largest silicon photonics manufacturers (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Silicon Photonics → | tags: photonics, power, servers

45.

Some graphene firms have reaped its potential but others are struggling (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Julia Kollewe | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: 2d, graphene, photonics

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AI Is Designing Bizarre New Physics Experiments That Actually Work (wired.com)

2025-10-31 | by Anil Ananthaswamy | get science reference book → | tags: ai, entangled, new

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Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: atmosphere, blades, dark

48.

Scientists shine a laser through a human head (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Velvet Wu | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: brain, head, light

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Scientists Shine a Laser Through a Human Head (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Velvet Wu | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: brain, head, light

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Double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Jennifer Chu | get Meta Quest → | tags: atoms, experiment, light

51.

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: colors, crystals, iridescent

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AI comes up with bizarre physics experiments, but they work (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Anil Ananthaswamy | get Samsung Galaxy → | tags: ai, design, photons

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Glass nanostructures reflect nearly all visible light, challenging assumptions (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Singapore University Of Technology | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: glass, light, nanoscale