Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) researchers at TU Delft, QuTech, University of Innsbruck, INRIA and CNRS recently announced the creation of the first operating system designed for quantum networks: QNodeOS. The research, published in Nature, marks a major step forward in transforming quantum networking from a theoretical concept to a practical technology that could revolutionize the future of the internet. 

Four crew members will embark on a new long-duration science expedition when they launch to the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission. While on station, the crew will engage in a wide variety of research sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory®, including materials and physical sciences experiments and biomedical research. Findings from these investigations will benefit humanity and drive commerce in low Earth orbit(Abbreviation: LEO) The orbit around the Earth that extends up to an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from Earth’s surface. The International Space Station’s orbit is in LEO, at an altitude of approximately 250 miles..

Experimentalist governance, which learns from practice itself, and valuing local communities and traditional knowledge are the strengths of the project, which reconciles environmental conservation with job creation and income generation.

From caffeine to penicillin, natural products have become a mainstay in modern society and are used for numerous applications such as medicine and pesticides. There are tens of thousands of untapped natural products, but identifying new compounds with bioactivity can be difficult, especially when produced in low quantities. To overcome this, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed FAST-NPS, a new method to accelerate the discovery and scale up of bioactive natural products found in Streptomyces.

Tracking targeted drug delivery is often a challenge due to limitations in the current imaging techniques. A recent study by Tokyo’s Waseda University reports a breakthrough imaging technique that allows direct and highly sensitive tracking of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) inside the body. This novel technique, which uses neutron activation of gold, could revolutionize cancer drug delivery by enabling real-time visualization of the gold nanoparticles without external tracers.

Researchers from Hong Kong and the UK have developed a novel method for creating quantum holograms using metasurfaces, as detailed in a recent study published in Advanced Photonics. By combining metasurfaces with nonlinear crystals, they achieved entanglement of polarization and holographic information. This innovative approach allows for the generation of quantum holograms, where specific holographic letters can be selectively erased by adjusting the polarization of entangled photons. The study demonstrates the potential of metasurfaces to enhance quantum communication and anti-counterfeiting technologies, offering a compact and flexible alternative to conventional materials. This breakthrough not only advances our understanding of quantum mechanics but also paves the way for practical applications in quantum information processing.