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Technology

First unhackable shopping transactions carried out on quantum internet

A secure exchange between a merchant and a buyer has been successfully tested as a proof of concept using a small quantum computing network in China

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A black hole in space

Space

‘Islands’ poking out of black holes may solve the information paradox

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Quantum state of matter made with 'dipolar' molecules for first time

Physics

Quantum state of matter made with 'dipolar' molecules for first time

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Physics

Famous quantum experiment could be shrunk to the size of a single atom

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A quantum computer

Technology

Google wants to solve tricky physics problems with quantum computers

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Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

Physics

Mystery of the quantum lentils: Are legumes exchanging secret signals?

Features

Technology

Quantum computer sets record on path towards error-free calculations

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IBM's quantum computers like Condor and Heron must be kept in an elaborate device called Quantum System Two which keeps them extremely cold

Technology

IBM’s 'Condor' quantum computer has more than 1000 qubits

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Physics

Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum

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The international space station

Physics

Ultracold atoms in space will let us stress test Einstein's relativity

Potassium and rubidium atoms aboard the International Space Station have been cooled almost to absolute zero to put a fundamental principle of Einstein’s general theory of relativity to the ultimate test

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Physics

Why the quantum universe is weirder than you think

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Physics

Quantum batteries could charge better by breaking rules of causality

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Physics

World's most sensitive force sensor measures in ‘quectonewtons’

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Physics

Quantum flywheel could be fashioned from super-sized charged atoms

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