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Quantum batteries could make quantum computers more efficient

Powering quantum computers with quantum batteries would reduce the energy needed for cooling and enable machines to pack in more qubits

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Quantum GPS can help planes navigate when regular GPS is jammed

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A classic hacking technique works on some quantum computers

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Abstract prism of light references quantum properties

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Five physicists discuss the achievements and future of quantum theory

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Quantum computer circuitry illustration. Conventional computers store information as 'bits', with each transistor holding either a 1 or a 0. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which operate according to two principles of quantum physics. One of the principles, supposition, allows a qubit to store a 1 and a 0 at the same time. This means two qubits can hold four values at once. The second principle, entanglement, means that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another. As you expand the number of qubits, the machine becomes exponentially more powerful.

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Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power and provocation

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Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

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Where exactly does the quantum world end and concrete reality begin?

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Where exactly does the quantum world end and concrete reality begin?

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Could the ancient Greeks have invented quantum theory?

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Could the ancient Greeks have invented quantum theory?

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What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer be useful for?

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What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer be useful for?

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Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

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Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

Conventional accounts of the birth of quantum theory often overlook the pivotal role of one of its luminaries – and this has led to a persistent misunderstanding of what it really means, argues physicist Carlo Rovelli

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A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

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What does quantum theory really tell us about the nature of reality?

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US military launches initiative to find the best quantum computer

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Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

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