Expert Comment: What might President Trump’s second term mean for the world?

Published on February 5, 2025

Dr Laura Smith, a specialist in American presidential history in the Faculty of History, explores the domestic and international implications of an inauguration that reflected the intersection of wealth and power in modern America.  
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First distributed quantum algorithm brings quantum supercomputers closer

February 5, 2025
In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University’s Department of Physics have demonstrated the first instance of distributed quantum computing. Using a photonic network interface, they successfully linked two separate quantum processors to form a single, fully connected quantum computer, paving the way to tackling computatio

Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time in almost 2,000 years

February 6, 2025
The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced a historic breakthrough in the endeavour to decipher text preserved on papyrus scrolls from the ancient site of Herculaneum. Researchers have successfully generated the first image of the inside of scroll PHerc. 172, one of three Herculaneum scrolls housed at the Bodleian Libraries, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius