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quantum computing

Very Large Telescope

Physics

There's a glitch at the edge of the universe that could remake physics

One mysterious number determines how physics, chemistry and biology work. But controversial experimental hints suggest it's not one number at all

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A coin toss

Physics

Quantum mechanics may contradict itself when applied to big objects

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Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment

Physics

Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment

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A quantum circuit

Technology

Google just made it much harder to build a serious quantum computer

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We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

Physics

We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

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Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

Space

Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

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Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?

Physics

Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?

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Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Health

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

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DNA data storage

Technology

First commercial DNA data storage service set to launch in 2019

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cat

Physics

How to think about... Schrödinger's cat

Source of many a t-shirt joke, the tale of the cat that’s both dead and alive is pretty familiar. But even the experts are divided as to its meaning

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Physics

How to think about... Time

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Physics

How to think about... Entropy

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Physics

We have hints of a theory beyond quantum physics

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Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

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