The Athens-built ERMIS-3 CubeSat established an optical communications link with Greece’s Holomondas ground station, an early in-orbit demonstration.
CubeSat Achieves Challenging Laser Link To Ground
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Julien Camirand Lemire (Nord Quantique): One Cavity, One Error-Corrected Qubit
Nord Quantique CEO Julien Camirand Lemire discusses bosonic-code demonstrations, a four-qubit system and the company’s error-rate goals for 2032.
Zinc Creep In Cable Spelter Sockets Brought Down The Arecibo Telescope In 2020
A 2024 National Academies report identifies long-term zinc creep in cable sockets as the root cause of Arecibo’s 2020 collapse and recommends stronger monitoring.
Simple Circuits Can Create Complex Behaviors
An interactive Myriad report shows how changing a tiny circuit’s wiring can make a simulated creature seek, avoid or stop at light.
Infleqtion Tests Optical Atomic Clock During US Navy Exercise
Infleqtion says its Tiqker optical atomic clock ran aboard a U.S. Navy vessel for more than two weeks during Pacific exercises.
Links For October 2026
Astral Codex Ten’s October links cover AI forecasting, translation and art, alongside debates over marriage, suburbs and other topics.
Equipping Healthcare Professionals With Practical AI Skills
Google announced a self-paced AI certificate for healthcare workers, focused on administrative tasks, safety and privacy, and worth up to 5 AMA credits.
Colorado Students Joined A Google Hackathon To Tackle Energy Grid Challenges.
At Google’s second annual Colorado Impact Hackathon, student teams presented projects on rooftop solar, wildfire-related outages and grid hardening.
Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest (2020)
A 2020 Nautilus report explains how bar-headed geese fly at extreme altitude, linking their efficient lungs to bird and dinosaur evolution.
How Gemini Is Helping Students And Teachers In The Classroom
Google reports UK math-tutoring and Italian classroom studies of Gemini, including similar quiz results to human tutors and no STAR test gains.
