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Quantum code: why building the ultimate computer is the easy bit

After decades of hype, quantum computers are poised to prove their superiority over classical machines. Now the race is on to figure out what to do with them

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Mussel-inspired plastic could make self-repairing body armour

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Technology

The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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The most precise atomic clock ever made is a cube of quantum gas

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Shape-shifting origami robot swaps bodies to roll, swim or walk

Technology

Shape-shifting origami robot swaps bodies to roll, swim or walk

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Technology

Fighting fakery: How to make products immune to counterfeiting

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Technology

Two-colour pixels let you draw pair of images in the same space

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Physics

The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

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Technology

Plastic cubes injected into the body could replace booster shots

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Quantum computers could handle models that are too complex for us to run now

Technology

This qubit redesign may make it easier to make quantum computers

Revamping the qubit to allow it to communicate across greater distances makes room for the electronics needed to power a quantum computer

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Physics

What if the diminutive electron isn’t as small as it gets?

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Technology

First underwater entanglement could lead to unhackable comms

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Atomic assembly lines are a small victory for chemists

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Technology

Atomic Legoland: How to build wonder stuff from the atom up

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