add news

sass/css/_layout.scss

@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@
   background-size: cover;
 }
 
+.card-featured {
+  background: #fff url("../images/fireworks-phone@2x.png") no-repeat top center;
+  background-size: contain;
+}
+.card-featured > div {
+  padding-top: 66.64%;
+}
 
 .card-artiq {
   background: #fff url("../images/artiq-phone@2x.png") no-repeat top center;
@@ -122,6 +129,10 @@ img.kf25 {
 // Small devices (landscape phones, 576px and up)
 @media (min-width: 576px) {
 
+  .card-featured > div {
+    padding-top: 0;
+  }
+
   .card-artiq > div {
     padding-top: 0;
   }
@@ -213,6 +224,11 @@ img.kf25 {
     box-shadow: 0 .5rem 1rem rgba(0,0,0,.15)!important;
   }
 
+  .card-featured {
+    background: #fff url("../images/fireworks@2x.png") no-repeat top right;
+  }
+
+
   .card-artiq {
     background: #fff url("../images/artiq@2x.png") no-repeat top right;
   }

templates/index.html

@@ -35,6 +35,42 @@
 
     <div class="row">
 
+      <div class="col-12">
+
+        <div class="card shadow mt-3 mb-3" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Poster">
+
+          <div class="card-body p-3 p-md-5 card-featured">
+
+            <div class="col-12 col-md-6 ps-0 pe-0">
+
+              <h5 class="card-title" itemprop="headline">News</h5>
+
+              <div class="desc-wrapper" itemprop="description">
+              <p class="card-text pt-3">
+                The Sinara 1550 Kirdy is a laser diode driver which combines a low-noise current source and a precision temperature controller. In combination with Fast-Servo, it can lock lasers to spectral lines and reference cavities. See <a href="docs/kirdybrochure.pdf">the brochure</a>.
+              </p>
+
+              <p class="card-text pt-3">
+                The world's <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02-06-first-distributed-quantum-algorithm-brings-quantum-supercomputers-closer">first distributed quantum algorithm experiment</a> was performed at Oxford University using ARTIQ. See <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08404-x">the paper</a>.
+              </p>
+
+              <p class="card-text pt-3">
+                The Sinara 5716 Shuttler is a 16-channel 125MSPS 14-bit DAC optimized for trapped ion shuttling. More information in the <a href="https://forum.m-labs.hk/d/745-artiq-8-released">ARTIQ-8 release announcement</a>.
+              </p>
+              </div>
+
+            </div>
+
+          </div>
+
+        </div>
+
+      </div>
+
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="row pb-5">
+
       <div class="col-12">
 
         <div class="card shadow mt-3 mb-3" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Poster">