Friday, Nov 13, 2026

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Public daily update for Friday, Nov 13, 2026. Our focus stays on the least well-off person on the street: every item below is read with him in mind.

1. Morning meeting

Orientation: Olympia, Washington, USA · planet Earth · the Milky Way galaxy · Friday, November 13, 2026, morning (Pacific time).
Today: we do not have any appointments on the calendar. A day for study, foundation paperwork and the daily research review.

We are still waiting to hear back on the community grant application and last week's introduction letters. Items are added here as the day goes on.

PsiQuantum and AMD expand their partnership. The companies say they will co-design the classical computing infrastructure needed to run fault-tolerant photonic quantum computers, with an initial focus on drug discovery; AMD also plans an equity investment (company press release). Source: Business Wire, Nov 12, 2026
Faster laser cooling for trapped-ion quantum computers. Cornell researchers brought a trapped calcium ion close to its quantum ground state in about 150 microseconds, versus about 500 with a conventional setup, using laser beams delivered through a chip (published in PRX Quantum). Source: Cornell Chronicle, Nov 12, 2026
Crows decide about twice as fast as humans. In tests with two carrion crows, University of Tübingen researchers report average visual decisions in 235 milliseconds, with choice-related neural activity appearing about 70 milliseconds after the stimulus. Source: ScienceDaily, Nov 12, 2026

Why some children struggle with math. A Stanford study of 68 children aged 8 to 10 found that children with developmental dyscalculia were slower to switch problem-solving strategies and did not improve their strategy choices over time; the brain differences are associations, not proven causes. Source: ScienceDaily, Nov 12, 2026