Monthly Archives: March 2022

Microsoft reports a Majorana development in its quest to build quantum computers

Microsoft says its researchers have found evidence of an exotic phenomenon that’s key to its plans to build general-purpose quantum computers.

The phenomenon, known as a Majorana zero mode, is expected to smooth the path for topological quantum computing — the technological approach that’s favored by Microsoft’s Azure Quantum program.

Quantum computing is a weird enough concept by itself: In contrast with the rigid one-or-zero world of classical computing, quantum computing juggles quantum bits, or qubits, that can represent ones and zeroes simultaneously until the results are read out.

NASA is offering people the chance to fly their name around the moon on its upcoming Artemis 1 mission

• NASA is inviting people to fly their names around the moon.
• The names will be saved on a flash drive, which will be taken on board the Orion capsule.
• The offer is free and participants will receive a virtual boarding pass.

NASA is giving people the chance to fly their name around the moon on an upcoming mission later this year.Those who sign up will have their name saved on a flash drive, which will be taken into space aboard the agency’s Orion capsule, as part of its Artemis 1 mission.No payment is required for participants, according to NASA.

Upon signing up, participants will receive a virtual boarding pass featuring their name and details about the spaceflight.

Harnessing the power of the sun to purify water

Harnessing the power of the sun to purify water. In southern France, an innovative system called Helio is doing that. The self-sufficient small sphere can distil dirty water or seawater. It also emits zero CO2, making it completely sustainable.

Helio engineer Matteo Beaudet told Euronews how the system works.

Clean drinking water

“We all need water to live. A human being needs two litres a day to live. This sphere is sized to make water for five people – that’s 10 litres per day,” he said.

The price of each sphere is approximately 5,000 euros. The system is designed to guarantee the supply of drinking water during natural disasters, wars or in any situation where the water supply has been damaged.