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Quantum supremacy has been achieved by a more complex quantum computer

Technology

Quantum supremacy has been achieved by a more complex quantum computer

A quantum computer made by researchers in China has outperformed classical computers, achieving what is known as quantum supremacy with a more complex quantum processor than ever before

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Quantum computer helps to design a better quantum computer

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Fibre optic cables

Technology

City-wide quantum data network in China is the largest ever built

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Artist's impression of a black hole in space

Space

Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure

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Gravitation waves around black hole in space 3D illustration

Space

Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravitational waves

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Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of chloroplasts from the yellow portion of a yellow/green variegated Coleus blumei plant. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis, the process that synthesises carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight. The structure of a variegated chloroplast is slightly different from that of a normal green chloroplast. The granal stacks, formed from parallel thylakoids (membranes, bright lines), that contain the chlorophyll pigments are less ordered in the variegated chloroplast. The pigments themselves are also slightly different. Magnification: x14,300 when printed at 10cm wide.

Physics

From photosynthesis to navigation, life may exploit quantum effects

Features

Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer

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Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer

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What putting big things in quantum states can tell us about reality

Physics

What putting big things in quantum states can tell us about reality

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Beyond quantum physics: The search for a more fundamental theory

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Is quantum theory really as random as it seems?

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Is quantum theory really as random as it seems?

The maths suggests the reality we get from quantum probabilities is random, but there might be some hidden determinism at play – or perhaps the present can influence the past

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Physics

Why is it so difficult to find a viable quantum theory of gravity?

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Physics

Can quantum effects in the brain explain consciousness?

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Physics

Quantum Darwinism: Can evolutionary theory explain objective reality?

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Physics

Do we distil reality from the quantum fog or does it exist without us?

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