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Physics

The big fudge: Welcome to the theory of not-quite-everything

Physicists from Einstein to Hawking tried and failed to unite gravity and quantum theory. Now we have hints of a better – but not so beautiful – answer Ìý

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Encrypt your data with random quantum weirdness

Physics

Encrypt your data with random quantum weirdness

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I'm building a machine that breaks the rules of reality

Physics

I'm building a machine that breaks the rules of reality

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A Bristlecone chip being installed by Research 51¶¯Âþ Marissa Giustina at the Quantum AI Lab in Santa Barbara

Physics

Google's 72-qubit chip is the largest yet

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Physics

Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks

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Physics

Quantum trick lets one particle send messages two ways at once

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Three photons stick together to create a new form of light

Physics

Three photons stick together to create a new form of light

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Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now

Physics

Quantum time machine: How the future can change what happens now

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Quantum computing research

Physics

Is the quantum computer revolution really just five years away?

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Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

Space

Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

As black holes evaporate, they release particles that may carry more information than we thought, so black holes may not break the laws of physics after all

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Technology

Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet

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Space

Parallel universes could solve a big problem with black holes

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Technology

2018 preview: Quantum computers to overtake ordinary machines

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Physics

Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

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