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It's "a milestone for scalable quantum technologies," according to the announcement from Boston University. Scientists from Boston University, UC Berkeley, and Northwestern University "reported the world's first electronic-photonic-quantum system on a chip, according to a study published in Nature Electronics." Quantum computing is on "a decades-long path from concept to reality," says Milos PopoviÄ, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at BU and a senior author on the study. "This is a small step on that path — but an important one, because it shows we can build repeatable, controllable quantum systems in commercial semiconductor foundries." The system combines quantum light sources and stabilizing electronics using a standard 45-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process to produce reliable streams of correlated photon pairs (particles of light) — a key resource for emerging quantum technologies. The advance paves the way for mass-producible "quantum light factory" chips and large-scale quantum systems built from many such chips working together... Just as electronic chips are powered by electric currents, and optical communication links by laser light, future quantum technologies will require a steady stream of quantum light resource units to perform their functions. To provide this, the researchers' work created an array of "quantum light factories" on a silicon chip, each less than a millimeter by a millimeter in dimension... "What excites me most is that we embedded the control directly on-chip — stabilizing a quantum process in real time," says Anirudh Ramesh, a PhD student at Northwestern who led the quantum measurements. "That's a critical step toward scalable quantum systems." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot for sharing the news.

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Rachel O'Hare, 49, was suing her ex-lover Owen Pacey, 60, for ownership of the five-storey Georgian mansion, in the trendy area of Spitalfields, before she died.

An investigation has found at least 74 complaints have been made to hospital managers across England in the past 12 months.

Phil Halliday, boss of the high street chain, told The Mail on Sunday that demand for the cards has become so intense that even its delivery vans are being targeted.

NHS managers who are found responsible for professional misconduct will be barred from taking up other senior roles in the Health Service, under plans to be unveiled by ministers.

The Britain's Got Talent judge (pictured), 54, said in an interview: 'The notion that women are bitchy to each other in the workplace is just men setting us up against each other...'

Recent moves in Syria are understood to have been significantly influenced by Sir Keir Starmer's National Security Adviser, Jonathan Powell (pictured).

It's a mystery that would baffle Sherlock Holmes himself... just why was Benedict Cumberbatch (pictured) so secretive about doing a stint as a barman for charity?

In one extreme case a woman made night-long recordings for more than two years in an effort to prevent her husband from having access to their children.

He was widely praised for his 'almost AI-grade exactness' in playing Sir Gareth Southgate (pictured) on stage.

The Mail fought for two years to reveal the Government's covert airlift of thousands of Afghans after it put 100,000 'at risk of death' by leaking a database of those who had applied for sanctuary.

Aron Hadsh, 27, who was living at a taxpayer-funded Holiday Inn near Heathrow, attacked the 19-year-old in June last year after she had been sent by her mother to pick up fruit from a food bank.

A few months back I wrote of how the Americans were coming to London, bringing with them early dining and a takeover of the capital's tennis courts.

Lord Hermer (pictured) - parachuted into his job as the country's most senior law officer at the insistence of his friend Sir Keir Starmer - has infuriated the Prime Minister's officials with his 'meddling'.

From the outside, the imposing castle-like design and gated exterior made the $4.1 million mansion appear like a fortress. But behind the walls lurked a dark secret.

They have been knocked off the top spot - with the Prince and Princess of Wales ' favoured breed, the cocker spaniel, coming up as top dog. Pictured: Princess Charlotte with the family spaniel.

As birth rates across the Western world fall to the lowest since records began, Helen Taylor, now in her 70s, considers whether her decision not to have children was the right choice

"Here's to pure mathematics - may it never be of use to anyone."

The fresh data blunder came last year when a Guards in-house publication included a rollcall of the names and deployments of its most senior officers.