Majority of parents want phone-free school policies as student distraction crisis reaches tipping point
IonQ and the University of Washington simulate process linked to the universe’ s matter / antimatter imbalance
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Majority of parents want phone-free school policies as student distraction crisis reaches tipping point
Y ondr, a pioneer of phone-free spaces, released a groundbreaking new report capturing the sentiment of over 1,000 parents in the UK and the last generation to experience a childhood free of devices on smartphone use. The findings point to a cultural tipping point; parents are not only deeply aware of the problem of pervasive screentime, they ' re looking for leadership and action.
including distraction( 62.2 %), anxiety( 31.9 %) and loneliness( 25.5 %). Despite these negative impacts, parents report that phone use is creeping into nearly every aspect of daily life from family vacations( 88 % of children and 91 % of parents) to holiday gatherings( 85 % of children and 82 % of parents) to even milestone events like graduations( 57 % of children and 55 % of parents).
" The data confirms what we ' re hearing from families across the country, parents are overwhelmed, kids are distracted and everyone is craving a reset," said Graham Dugoni, Founder and CEO of Yondr. " Phone-free spaces can no longer be considered an optional add-on but are now a baseline requirement expected by parents in their child ' s school. It ' s clear there ' s a growing demand for environments that give children an extended break from their phones, whether at school, at home or in the community."
The increased attention to their children ' s screen time is serving as a wake-up call for parents.
A whopping 97 % of parents believe reducing phone and social media usage would have at least one major personal positive benefit and 95 % say their children would benefit from a break from screens.
Overwhelmingly( 84.3 %), parents associate their children ' s high phone and social media use with negative effects,
IonQ and the University of Washington simulate process linked to the universe’ s matter / antimatter imbalance
I onQ has announced the first known simulation using a quantum computer of a process called neutrinoless double-beta decay – with profound implications for understanding the universe’ s imbalance between matter and antimatter.
The simulation of a symmetry-breaking phenomena has potential to advance the frontier of quantum-enabled fundamental physics. Using IonQ’ s Forte Enterprise quantum system, researchers observed in real-time what’ s known as a lepton-number violation – a phenomenon never directly simulated before on a quantum computer.
The hypothesised neutrinoless double-beta decay nuclear process suggests that neutrinos are their own antiparticles and that violates a principle in the Standard Model of particle physics.
This technique allows scientists to use quantum computers and simulate the nuclear dynamics on the shortest of timescales( 10^ {-24 } seconds).
Niccolo de Masi, CEO, IonQ, said:“ By simulating a fundamental physics process so rare it’ s never been observed in nature, we’ re showing that quantum computers are not just theoretical tools – they’ re engines of discovery.”
The simulation was conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of Washington’ s InQubator for Quantum Simulation( IQuS) and the US Department of Energy’ s Quantum Science Center. The Big Bang should have made equal amounts of matter and antimatter. However, almost everything we see is made of matter and there’ s very little antimatter around. What happened to the missing antimatter is one of the biggest questions in physics. Scientists are looking for the root cause of the imbalance for insights into the fundamental laws of physics. ✓
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