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quantum computing

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Technology

Quantum computers can talk to each other via a photon translator

Different kinds of quantum computers encode information using their own wavelengths of light, but a device that modifies their photons could allow them to network

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Visualisation of electron leaving atom

Physics

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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double-slit experiment

Physics

Classic quantum experiment could conceal theory of everything

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Technology

Glasses make face recognition tech think you're Milla Jovovich

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Video games become political as US election looms

Technology

Video games become political as US election looms

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Google's neural networks invent their own encryption

Technology

Google's neural networks invent their own encryption

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IBM's Watson

Technology

Dr House goes digital as IBM's Watson diagnoses rare diseases

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Space

Reality guide: Six problems physics can't explain

Features

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Space

Reality guide: The essential laws of quantum physics

Features

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Space

Reality guide: Six radical ideas to change physics

Is all the universe vibrating strings? Or is information the most essential thing? All is up for grabs as we seek solutions for a fuller understanding of reality

Features

Physics

Quantum teleportation over 7 kilometres of cables smashes record

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Technology

Computers that can argue will be satnav for the moral maze

Features

Physics

Five particles that don't exist – yet could change our world

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Physics

Lessons in reality from particles that don't exist

Features

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