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Technology

Record-breaking number of qubits entangled in a quantum computer

A group of 51 superconducting qubits have been entangled inside a quantum computer, not just in pairs but in a complex system that entangles each qubit to every other one

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Quantum superposition or quantum entanglement concept illustration. Superposition is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured. Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when pairs or groups of particles are generated or interact in ways such that the quantum state of each particle cannot be described independently.

Physics

Rethinking reality: Is the entire universe a single quantum object?

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Environment

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the ocean?

Analysis

A simulation of gravity showing curved space-time. The ball represents the sun and is resting on a sheet of plastic that stretches under its weight. The curved sheet of plastic demonstrates the way a gravity curves space.

Physics

The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mass actually is

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Technology

Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers

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Technology

IBM quantum computer beat a supercomputer in a head-to-head test

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Couples are less likely to physically collide with others than friends

Technology

Couples collide with fewer people on walks than pairs of friends do

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Snakes are quite quantum, mathematically speaking

Life

Wiggly worms and quantum objects follow surprisingly similar equations

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Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

Physics

Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

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Technology

Situation at Ukrainian nuclear plant is dangerous, IAEA boss warns

Ukraine and Russia must agree to maintain safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to prevent a dangerous radiation leak, says the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency

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Physics

Quantum sensors could detect space debris from its gravitational pull

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Physics

Sunlight could cool an atom to its coldest possible temperature

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Space

Lab imitations of the unobservable cosmos can be genuinely insightful

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Space

Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?

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