Apr 2nd, 2026 - A new quantum algorithm ran a 15-step nonlinear fluid simulation around a solid obstacle on real quantum hardware, the most physically complex publicly documented demonstration of its kind. The technique reduces qubit requirements and circuit depth, bringing industrial CFD applications closer to feasibility. Finnish simulation company Quanscient and quantum middleware developer Haiqu have demonstrated what they describe as the most physically complex quantum computational fluid dynamics simulation run to date on real hardware. The two companies ran a 15-step nonlinear fluid simulation around ... [Read More]

Apr 1st, 2026 - The Murriyang radio telescope in Parkes, NSW broadcast the moon landing in 1969 and is now observing the Artemis II lunar mission On the day of the Apollo moon landing, 21 July 1969, wind gusts of up to 110km/h buffeted the Parkes radio telescope as it sat in a sheep paddock in regional New South Wales. It is meant to shut down when the winds hit 35km/h, but the operators risked it all to help broadcast Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. The 64-metre Parkes telescope was immortalised in one of Australia's favourite films, The Dish , with Sam Neill playing the chief scientist. And now it's ... [Read More]

Apr 1st, 2026 - At 6:35 p.m. EDT, the Artemis 2 mission successfully lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, marking the first time humans have headed to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The crew is "safe, they're secure and they're in great spirits," said NASA administrator Jared Isaacman in a post-launch press conference on Wednesday evening. The craft is currently in a high Earth orbit, where it will perform check-out tests for the next day. The next major milestone for the mission will come Thursday evening (EDT), when the ICPS lights its engine to propel the crew out of Earth orbit ... [Read More]

Apr 1st, 2026 - A new experiment with momentum-entangled helium atoms could help unite quantum mechanics and general relativity. You can say the universe has a split personality. Or better said, our physical models of the universe are the ones fractured. On the grand scale of stars and galaxies, gravity rules. Albert Einstein's general relativity beautifully describes their motion. Zoom in closer, however, down to the realm of subatomic particles, and quantum mechanics takes over. There, the rules of reality fracture into a bizarre game of probabilities. Physicists call this glaring contradiction the ... [Read More]

Apr 1st, 2026 - A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com The Cicada variant earned its name because, like the insect, it "first appeared back in 2024, went dormant for a while and resurfaced in the U.S. late last year," said Northeastern Global News . BA.3.2 descended from the omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus , which made its debut in 2021. The Conversation rounds in the U.S . and can cause similar symptoms to other Covid strains as well as other respiratory viruses, including runny or stuffy nose, fever, chills, sore throat, cough and ... [Read More]

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Apr 1st, 2026 - Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Artemis II mission countdown timeline ahead of launch from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B and the planned mission timeline for its 10-day flight that will venture past the moon and return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Read live updates from launch day Timelines featuring L- equate to the launch time in real time while T- equates to the countdown clock, which features built-in holds. Countdown milestones as planned for tanking: L-49 hours 50 minutes and counting L-49H50M – Launch team arrives to stations L-49H40M ... [Read More]

Apr 1st, 2026 - Emily Taylor has lived in California for 20 years and has never gotten as many calls about rattlesnakes as she did last month. Taylor owns Central Coast Snake Services, a serpent consulting business, directs the Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Laboratory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is part of a network of volunteers who help ethically relocate rattlesnakes into the wild. Her phone was "ringing off the hook," she said, with people who were calling about rattlesnake sightings all over the state. In March, two people were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes in Southern California alone, a ... [Read More]