Research & Development World

Big Blue is making a bold claim. “We feel at IBM, we’ve cracked the code to quantum error correction, and it’s our plan to build the first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer, which we call IBM Quantum Starling, in 2029,” Jay Gambetta, vice president of IBM Quantum, announced at a recent press conference. From trial and…

What is the significance of the multi-omics biomarker discovery paradigm and the role of the Hurdle.bio platform? The Hurdle.bio platform enables the transition from a single omics to a multi-omics framework for biomarker discovery, allowing the integration of different molecular layers to improve our ability to quantify human health and disease. This approach has facilitated…

Researchers at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, are growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos.  The pig embryos survived for 21 days, and the hearts had started beating, the researchers announced at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research annual meeting last week.  Human…

Most people bring a blanket to the beach to soak up the sun — this “blanket” soaks up pollution instead. Researchers at Ohio State University have created a solar-activated “nanomat” that floats on water like a beach mat, but instead of providing comfort, it goes to work cleaning up harmful contaminants. The lightweight, reusable material…

The NJ HAX Plasma Forge, a new partnership between the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), SOSV venture capital firm and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), will help launch and grow startups focused on plasma technology. The NJ HAX Plasma Forge will be located near the PPPL in Princeton, NJ and will feature approximately…

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh genetically reprogrammed E. coli to convert plastic into paracetamol, which is also known as acetaminophen (Tylenol). They published their findings in Nature Chemistry. The process could cut down on plastic waste while reducing emissions from traditional methods of creating paracetamol. Using bacteria to recycle plastic Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is…

Researchers in Korea have developed a method to synthesize a polyester and polyamide hybrid polymer with a tensile strength of 109 MPa. The polymer decomposes by 92% in 12 months in marine environments. The research team published their findings in Advanced Materials. A possible substitute for nylon Nylon-based products such as fishing nets degrade exceptionally…

Crews in Abilene, Texas, are turning a 875-acre site of red clay into a data-center campus that will draw 1.2 GW, enough to conservatively support the load of 750,000 homes, once all eight “AI factory” halls are online, part of Stargate’s headline-grabbing $500 billion build-out. Bloomberg’s hard-hat tour captured Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller describing the project…

The U.S. Department of Defense has directed more than $700 million toward a suite of high-priority research and development initiatives on June 16, 2025. The announcement, posted on the DoD website, signals a push into frontier AI, quantum sensing and advanced battlespace simulation. Headlining the investments were a landmark prototype agreement with OpenAI and significant…