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- Increasing quantum subproblem size from 36 to 64 qubits improved portfolio optimization results on a 250-asset S&P 500 dataset, showing a direct link between hardware scale and solution quality.
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Pakistan’s military leadership has been attempting to broker negotiations between the US and Iran, after the White House confirmed that Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, had a call with Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss the conflict.



The United States-Israeli war on Iran has caused the biggest oil disruption in history, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency was founded in 1974 as a direct response to the 1973 oil embargo, which saw Arab nations, led…
Lace Lithography, a Bergen-based chipmaking equipment startup, has raised €34.5 million ($40 million) in a Series A round to enable the next 100 years of chip production.
The round was led by Atomico, alongside M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund),…

Stars shine not only in light but in X‑rays. For the biggest ones, over ten times the Sun’s mass, this comes from turbulent winds blasted out by their intense radiation. These unstable winds crash into one another, creating shocks that heat…

Marine scientists have clever ways to find out what’s going on under the waves even when humans aren’t there to see. One method is using a camera system called a BRUV.
“A BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video) is an underwater camera…