🪖 Nuclear bombs over California, quantum computers within reach, and a plant-based nanoparticle that can fight cancer

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Two German Tornado fighter jets with nuclear bombs recently spotted over California were only carrying B61-12 bomb trainers, but the real deal could pack up to 50 kilotons of TNT.

Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost 80 years ago reportedly had yields of 15 and 25 kilotons!

Part of the German air force, they can deliver nuclear and non-nuclear weapons in a conflict. The nukes are claimed to provide a kind of guarantee to NATO’s security. Dive deeper into this Must-Read.

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🪖 German fighter jet carrying nuclear bomb under fuselage spotted over US

The United States has deployed several numbers of B61 nuclear gravity bombs in Europe to provide “nuclear umbrella” for extended deterrence, according to NATI.

The Tornado aircraft is currently Germany’s designated platform for delivering nuclear weapons under NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements, although it is expected to be replaced by the F-35 in the future.

This testing demonstrates Germany’s role in NATO’s nuclear deterrence strategy amid rising global tensions. Germany’s continued participation in such exercises ensures it maintains the operational capabilities required for the nuclear mission under NATO’s framework.

⚛️ Modular’ approach can help researchers connect, control millions of qubits

Powerful quantum computers require quantum processors with millions of qubits. In other words, they must reach quantum entanglement so that they are linked regardless of their distance apart.

But qubits can’t connect directly. They need a mediator that matches their frequencies and carries information between them.

And a team at the University of Rhode Island (URI) just figured out how to do it. In their new study, they propose a modular system that can connect qubits over long distances.

🌱 China-US team creates plant-based nanoparticles to fight deadliest brain cancer

Scientists in China and the United States have developed a new plant-based nanoparticle treatment for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer. 

As the study states, researchers derived phytochemicals from medicinal plants “that self-assemble into nanoparticles to treat various diseases.” 

They found one phytochemical nanoparticle that increased the permeability of the blood-brain barrier and was exceptionally effective in killing glioblastoma cells.

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