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quantum science

Technology

Doubts cast over D-Wave's claim of quantum computer supremacy

D-Wave's claim that its quantum computers can solve problems that would take hundreds of years on classical machines have been undermined by two separate research groups showing that even an ordinary laptop can perform similar calculations

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Features

Technology

Microsoft under fire for claiming it has a new quantum computer

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Physics

Quantum disorder is dependent on who is looking for it

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THE OA Brit Marling Season 1 Episode 6

Comment

Rediscover The OA, a TV show with echoes of late director David Lynch

Culture

Physics

Light has been transformed into a 'supersolid' for the first time

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Physics

Why exactly is the quantum world so weird?

Comment

The best new science fiction books of March 2025

Comment

The best new science fiction books of March 2025

Culture

Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

Environment

Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

Culture

New Scientist Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

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51¶¯Âþ Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

Michel Nieva, the author of the latest read for the 51¶¯Âþ Book Club, Dengue Boy, on his story of a drowned, pandemic-struck future Earth – and his unusual protagonist

Culture

Physics

'Galloping' bubbles could act as tiny robotic vacuum cleaners

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Mind

Sci-fi thriller Dissolution smartly interweaves time travel and memory

Culture

Physics

Time can move both forwards and backwards at the quantum scale

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Technology

Microsoft has a new quantum computer – but does it actually work?

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