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Quantum-enhanced supercomputers are starting to do chemistry

Working in tandem, a quantum computer and a supercomputer modelled the behaviour of several molecules, paving the way for useful applications in chemistry and pharmaceutical research

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Quantum computers are surprisingly random – but that's a good thing

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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

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Physics quantum and quantum superposition

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How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

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A 3d rendered image of particles

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The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

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How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality

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People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

Physics

At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

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Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

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Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo of an aurora taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on August 15, 2015

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The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology

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Giant atoms 'trapped' for record time at room temperature

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Giant atoms 'trapped' for record time at room temperature

Putting unusually large atoms in a box with cold copper sides helped researchers control them for an unprecedented 50 minutes at room-temperature, an improvement necessary for building more powerful quantum computers and simulators

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Physics

Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

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Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

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Space

Trump's proposed science cuts will have huge consequences

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Technology

IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029

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