Paulo Nussenzveig

@QuantumAephraim Sad to learn this. Among his contributions, you could also mention the Leggett inequalities to rule out certain forms on nonlocal realism.

Sad news – just learned that Tony Leggett, visionary condensed-matter theorist (and in passing, Nobel laureate) has passed away.

@QuantumAephraim I think I’m also past that milestone, at my current age of 32.

Crazy milestone passed over (I think) in silence–as of last November or so, I have spent over half my life as a professor at the University of Toronto. [Since as people my age understand, I firmly believe I'm in my early 30s, this implies that I became a professor at around 16.]

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I just left the Senate floor where I laid out the top ten ways Donald Trump is wrecking the country. Every American should know the facts about this administration – so here they are: (Thread 🧵)

@thephysicsgirl I’m sorry for your loss. Your story touched me, I’m sending support from Brazil.

Two days ago, my dad William “Bill” Cowern passed away somewhat unexpectedly. I flew last minute to Hawaii to be with him and my family for his last days. I feel incredibly lucky to be healthy enough I could finally see him after years of missing him. My dad was joking, and swearing, and crying until his last moments. You asked how he was doing and he replied with a smile, “I’m dyin’ here!” His humor and warmth were a gift he gave until the very end. Some of you might know my dad from my videos talking about getting hit by lightning (twice!) or interrupting our filming to ask me why his PDF was printing small. (Holiday time was always dad tech support time.) But I knew him as a 6’3 gentle giant. He gave the biggest bear hugs as he welcomed anyone and everyone into his home, and into his life. He was curious about people and the universe. He’s the reason I love science, math, qnd scifi. He’s the reason I’m curious about the world. He was a Vietnam war helicopter pilot in the Marines. But much of the island of Kauai (where I grew up) knew him as “The Tree Man.” He was a tree farmer, and true tree lover his whole life. He could talk to you endlessly, and humorously slowly, about trees, vitamin D, Larry Bird, or one of his many other obsessions. He just loved to share. He shared his knowledge, his kindness, his stories, and his warm love with everyone. I will miss him every day. He was the reason I went into science communication. I hope even half of his warmth and greatness lives on through me, my 4 wonderful siblings, and my amazing mom. I love you forever, Dad. 🖤💔🖤

I’ve obviously signed. Science cannot be made partisan. Government overreach, attempting to tailor science according to a group’s ideology, is in violation of the Constitution. actionnetwork.org/petitions/open…

This seems a conservative estimate.

There you go.

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Eight qubit device is being tested right now.

Chetan Nayak overviews unpublished results by @MSFTResearch on Majorana qubits.

@jenseisert It was a great talk!

One talk down, was fun.

At the @APSphysics #APSSummit25, I will be giving two talks: • "Mind the gap", on March March 18, Session MAR-G16, 1:18 pm – 1:54 pm. • "Quo vadis, quantum machine learning", on March 21, Session MAR-X34, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. Looking forward.

@jenseisert Although it’s not my field and I don’t fully get the physics, I thought it was a great talk. If they were always this careful to avoid hype (if not outright misleading information), it would be stellar.

Well done. Lots of data, no hype - and cautious, if not fully conclusive. I am grateful that big companies are trying hard on that kind of qubit, as if they were not, nobody would.

Excited to hear what @Dr_Chetan_Nayak has to say about @MSFTResearch’s efforts on realizing topological zero modes in Majorana devices at the @APSphysics #APSSummit25, with @PedramRoushan being the chair.

@jaygambetta @AliJavadiAbhari Is there a paper (or preprint)?

Preparing large GHZ states have long been a test of hardware capabilities. Using the IBM's Heron QPU the team recently showed that 120 logical qubits can be entangled in a GHZ state - a new world record. Work done by @AliJavadiAbhari and Simon Martiel.

@EmmanuelMacron Absolument précis, M. le Président.

Il y a un agresseur : la Russie. Il y a un peuple agressé : l'Ukraine. Nous avons tous eu raison d'aider l'Ukraine et de sanctionner la Russie il y a trois ans et de continuer à le faire. Nous, c’est les Américains, les Européens, Canadiens, Japonais et plusieurs autres. Merci à tous ceux qui ont aidé et continuent. Et respect à ceux qui, depuis le début, se battent. Parce qu'ils se battent pour leur dignité, leur indépendance, pour leurs enfants et pour la sécurité de l'Europe.

They want to repeal every positive legislation?

@jseluisX Estarei aqui. Abraços.

Paulo @pnussen, tudo bem? Estarei visitando SP na semana 11-13 Novembro para um evento importante com Oxaala. Se estiver no Brasil, estarei passando no seu Lab e para visitar a pró-reitoria da USP, muito tempo desde nosso último encontro em Uppsala. Grande abraço!

@lud_my1a @NanzerPedro Ele escreveu o livro inteiro assim e fez as figuras. A letra dele era assim desde a infância.

@pnussen @NanzerPedro Paulo, e quem escrevia? Pq a letra é muito bonita!

A todos meus amigos colecionadores de livro, agora eu tenho um Moyses manuscrito

@AJKowaltowski Belos cones de Mach desses “bólidos” que se movem mais rápido que as ondas.

Great time in Schliersee for a wonderful workshop. Now heading back to the part of the world with no Twitter (I don't acknowledge the name change)...

Inspiring. arXiv is a huge contribution to Science.

Wonderful thread.

EeroQ is offering a $5,000 scholarship to anyone studying quantum technology at the undergraduate level or above with interest in quantum tech responsibility. DM if interested; winner is best two page essay on how we can responsibly control the future power of quantum computing.