Today's Tech News: Notable or Not?

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124675 "high laser intensity breaks optical gratings/ mirrors, so made larger, but expensive/ difficult... overcome using ionized atom plasma (unbreakable) as amplifying medium... interference pattern organizes plasma into dense layers acting like highly efficient, transient mirror reflecting energy from pump beam into seed beam, compressing into light intensities orders magnitude higher reaching Schwinger limit (intense enough to create matter/ antimatter directly out of vacuum)... tabletop particle accelerators, photonics"

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1121992 "polymer adhesives in chip/ optical fiber connection cracks in extreme cold, degrades under radiation/ heat, fails in vacuum, overcome using hydroxide catalysis bonding creating glass-like molecular bond... quantum computing systems (ultracold + vacuum), space missions, nuclear reactors, industrial/ energy applications... limitation: bonding currently takes several days, but with engineering likely sped up for mass production... high-speed, energy-efficient photonic chip operation in extreme environments"

https://newsreleases.sandia.gov/quantum_navigation/ "first device to potentially move quantum sensors — sensors that use quantum mechanics to outperform conventional technologies — from the lab into commercial use... quantum sensing can work without a high-powered vacuum system. This shrinks the package to a practical size without sacrificing reliability... applications in many areas including: aviation, robo cars, tunnel construction, submarines, mineral exploration, quantum computing... device could usher in GPS-free navigation" Related: Quantum navigation could transform how we travel. So what is it, and how does it work? https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-quantum.html