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Electron-phonon ‘surfing’ could help stabilize quantum hardware, nanowire tests suggest

That low-frequency fuzz that can bedevil cellphone calls has to do with how electrons move through and interact in materials at the smallest scale. The electronic flicker noise is often caused by interruptions in the flow of electrons by various scattering processes in the metals that conduct them.

The same sort of noise hampers the detecting powers of advanced sensors. It also creates hurdles for the development of quantum computers—devices expected to yield unbreakable cybersecurity, process large-scale calculations and simulate nature in ways that are currently impossible.

A much quieter, brighter future may be on the way for these technologies, thanks to a new study led by UCLA. The research team demonstrated prototype devices that, above a certain voltage, conducted electricity with lower noise than the normal flow of electrons.

Nothing Is Real: The Simulation Hypothesis

Are we living inside a computer simulation? The evidence is more compelling than you think.

In this deep exploration of the Simulation Hypothesis, we examine the scientific and philosophical arguments that suggest our reality might be code. From Nick Bostrom’s groundbreaking trilemma to quantum mechanics acting like a computer program, from the fine-tuned constants of physics to Elon Musk’s probabilistic arguments—we follow the evidence wherever it leads. Whether we’re simulated or not, the question reveals profound truths about consciousness, reality, and what it means to be human.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 — The Uncomfortable Question.

4:47 — Nick Bostrom’s Trilemma: The Logical Trap.

9:34 — The Ancestor Simulation Scenario.

Experiments Hint on Time Being an Illusion

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about experimental evidence that time may be an illusion.
Links:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.13386
https://journals.aps.org/prd/pdf/10.1103/qfns-48vq.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_time.
https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/5rtj-djfk.
https://journals.aps.org/prx/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021029
https://journals.aps.org/prx/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031022
#time #physics #universe.

0:00 Time — what is it?
1:20 Time in general relativity (Einstein)
2:10 Quantum mechanics time.
2:40 The problem of time.
3:30 Page Wootters mechanism — is time emergent?
5:00 Experiments and possible proofs — entropy and quantum dots.
7:40 Large scale system.
8:30 What this suggests and how black holes can help.
9:50 Conclusions.

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How AI & Quantum Are Reshaping Federal Innovation

By Chuck Brooks

#artificialintelligence #tech #government #quantum #innovation #federal #ai


By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International

In 2026, government technological innovation has reached a key turning point. After years of modernization plans, pilot projects and progressive acceptance, government leaders are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence and quantum technologies directly into mission-critical capabilities. These technologies are becoming essential infrastructure for economic competitiveness, national security and scientific advancement rather than merely scholarly curiosity.

We are seeing a deliberate change in the federal landscape from isolated testing to the planned implementation of emerging technology across the whole government. This evolution represents not only technology momentum but also policy leadership, public-private collaboration and expanded industrial capability.

Edge of Many-Body Quantum Chaos in Quantum Reservoir Computing

Reservoir computing (RC) is a machine learning paradigm that harnesses dynamical systems as computational resources. In its quantum extension—quantum reservoir computing (QRC)—these principles are applied to quantum systems, whose rich dynamics broadens the landscape of information processing. In classical RC, optimal performance is typically achieved at the “edge of chaos,’’ the boundary between order and chaos. Here, we identify its quantum many-body counterpart using the QRC implemented on the celebrated Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model. Our analysis reveals substantial performance enhancements near two distinct characteristic “edges’‘: a temporal boundary defined by the Thouless time, beyond which system dynamics is described by random matrix theory, and a parametric boundary governing the transition from integrable to chaotic regimes.

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