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quantum computing

Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’s a fix

Technology

Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’s a fix

Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain they run on already slurp as much energy as some countries, and as they go mainstream, something needs to be done

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Physics

Light’s quantum weirdness survives after going to space and back

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Physics

AI physicists: The machines cracking the quantum code

Features

Quantum chip artwork

Technology

Google's quantum computing plans threatened by IBM curveball

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Technology

The stock market is run by wild robots we don't fully control

Insight

Person with cosmos where their head should be

Technology

We can’t ever know whether or not our universe is a simulation

Analysis

Atomic clock

Physics

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

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A superconducting circuit with nine qubits

Technology

Google quantum computer test shows breakthrough is within reach

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A finger on a touchscreen

Technology

It takes 30 seconds for your fingerprint to grip your smartphone

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Cardano

Physics

The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

Jerome Cardano's gambling obsession spurred him to invent two of the most important theories in maths, laying the foundations of quantum physics

Features

Physics

Gravity may be created by strange flashes in the quantum realm

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Technology

The NHS is using a chatbot to do tedious corporate team-building

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Physics

If NYC subways obeyed quantum maths trains wouldn’t be delayed

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Technology

This qubit redesign may make it easier to make quantum computers

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