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Canada-Based Xanadu Has Built The World’s First On-Chip Error-Resistant Photonic Qubit (GKP States)— Key For Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing. Xanadu System, Aurora, With 35 Chips And 13 Km Of Fiber Optics Runs At Room Temp And Scales To Millions Of Qubits. Reducing Optical Loss Is Now Key, As Photon Loss Prevents Reliable Error Correction.

Saudi Arabia Is Building Trojena, The World’s First Vertical Ski Village In A Desert, Part Of The $500b Neom City. It Features 36 Km Of Slopes, Year-Round Skiing With Artificial Snow, And Will Host The 2029 Asian Winter Games. Aimed At Boosting Tourism And The Economy, It Includes Sustainable Energy, Water Recovery, And Faces Environmental Concerns.

US Startup; Radiant, Raised $225M For Kaleidos, The World’s First Mass-Producible 1MW Nuclear Microreactor. It’s Helium Gas-Cooled With Passive Safety, No Water Needed. Replaces Diesel, & Deployable By Air/Land/Sea. Targets Remote, Disaster, & Military Use. Testing In 2026 At Idaho Lab With DOE-Backed HALEU Fuel. 50 Units/Yr Prod. By 2028.

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Swiss Scientists Created The World’s First Living, Edible, Biodegradable Plastic-Like Material From Split-Gill Mushrooms. Called Living Fiber Dispersions (LFD), It Retains Biological Functions, Improves Material Stability Over Time, And Can Be Used In, E.G., Compostable Bags, Batteries, & Food—An Eco-Friendly, Nature-Inspired Breakthrough.

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Engineers In The US Developed The World’s First Hydrogen System To Store, Fuel, & Cool Future Jets, Using Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen For All Three. Designed For 100-Seat Hybrid-Electric Planes, It’s Pump-Free, Relying On Tank Pressure & Vents To Cut Weight, Heat, & Mech Failure Risk. Backed By NASA, It May Transform Zero-Emission Flight.

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