NEC Ends Superconducting Quantum Hardware to Pursue Annealing Algorithms
NEC Corporation has abandoned its superconducting quantum processor development, redirecting resources to quantum-inspired annealing and classical emulation. The move leaves Fujitsu as Japan's main corporate superconducting hardware developer and shifts NEC's focus to software and optimization services.
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Medieval Structure and Bronze Age Axe Unearthed at Huttons Ambo
Archaeologists at Huttons Ambo have uncovered a substantial medieval building, a Bronze Age axe possibly deposited as a ritual, and wartime artifacts, offering a rare multi-period view of settlement and activity in northern England
NASA's 100th Astronaut Flight Tested Space Station Assembly in Orbit
NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launched the STS-69 mission on September 7, 1995, deploying and retrieving two satellites and conducting a spacewalk to test International Space Station assembly techniques
German Spectrum Rocket Achieves First Orbital Launch from Europe
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket has become the first vehicle to reach orbit from a Western European launch site, following a successful mission from Andøya Space Center in Norway that deployed multiple payloads
