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![Abundance of Camera CMOS on Silicon Wafer](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WRC2BXFifenZThXUNKQhEC-320-80.jpg)
'World's purest silicon' could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists engineer the 'purest ever silicon' to build reliable qubits that can be manufactured to the size of a pinhead on a chip and power million-qubit quantum computers in the future.
![an illustration of stars as seen from a spacecraft moving at high speed; the stars appear as white trails](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gVip3hAiyYumCGzX53E4Ke-320-80.jpg)
'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
By Mike Wall published
A new study provides some theoretical underpinning to sci-fi warp drives, suggesting that the superfast propulsion tech may not forever elude humanity.
![a spacecraft opens up in orbit to reveal several smaller satellites inside covered in large solar panels](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qXQDXf5PjwTbYnWuKvvfgE-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX's Starship could help this start-up beam clean energy from space. Here's how (video)
By Tereza Pultarova published
SpaceX's Starship will make space-based solar power cheaper than nuclear, gas and coal-based electricity generation, start-up Virtus Solis believes.
![a cylindrical spacecraft sits upright on the surface of the moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cWfUkmNdtbuVab4dQuU4BA-320-80.jpg)
Private moon lander will carry Nokia's 4G cell network to the lunar surface this year
By Stefanie Waldek published
Nokia is developing a LTE/4G communications system for the moon, and its first piece of the network might launch as soon as late this year.
![A magneto-optical trap of approximately 300 million strontium atoms suspended in a vacuum chamber cooled to just above absolute zero. This trap was used by researchers to develop new techniques for measuring time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fcqco2sNiStecAa3NXjMwm-320-80.png)
Highly precise atomic clocks could soon get even better. Here's how
By Robert Lea published
Superradiant atoms could help us measure time more precisely than ever before, a theory developed with the aid of the great-grandson of the "father of the atom," Niels Bohr.
![two images; the one on the left shows a small rectangle of glass covered in black dust; the one on the right shows a clear circle with no dust on the same glass rectangle](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uDq92pG5L7TykoHrJFXenb-320-80.jpg)
Private moon mission to carry NASA electric moon dust shield in 2024
By Meredith Garofalo published
NASA is sending a technology demonstrator to the moon on the upcoming private Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 in order to test how to repel and remove lunar dust using electricity.
![a rocket floats in a calm sea beneath cloudy skies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ohg4EXw2EezyZ8e5FR3wM3-320-80.jpg)
Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time
By Meredith Garofalo published
Rocket Lab has put a recovered Electron first stage back into its production line, a big step toward the company's first-ever rocket reflight.
![A needle-nosed white jet aircraft in flight](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nXgvLT4uaVUEKa6CKCpHhH-320-80.jpg)
Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight
By Jeff Spry published
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.
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