Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. ExxonMobil plans to begin producing lithium in 2027 in a major strategic pivot, as the biggest western oil producer bets it can use its expertise in drilling and processing to become a leading player in …
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Atoms Producing Entangled Photon Pairs
A single atom is excited by laser light and scatters one photon after another. An optical filter removes certain color components from this stream of single photons. This causes the remaining photons to become pairs that leave the filter simultaneously. Credit: Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Researchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin, partners …
Russia ‘producing seven times more ammunition than the West’
Russia is pulling ahead in the global arms race and is now manufacturing seven times more ammunition than the West, a senior defence official has warned. Experts believe Russia has doubled its military production since the invasion of Ukraine, and is on track to manufacture 200 tanks and two million artillery shells per year. It …