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Quantum memory device could stop unhackable networks from failing

A memory device that temporarily saves quantum information could become an important addition to quantum networks because it would allow users to salvage information if it fails to transfer properly

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Physics

How one theory ties together everything we know about the universe

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Technology

D-Wave says its quantum computers can solve otherwise impossible tasks

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Chemistry

The scientific secrets to baking a perfectly moist chocolate cake

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Technology

Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

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The best new science fiction books of March 2024

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Physics

Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum scale

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2NGGYHG Polish-born American biochemist Dr. Casimir Funk, who coined the term vitamin, is shown at work in his new research laboratory on W. 64th Street in New York City on Jan. 12, 1953. (AP Photo)

Chemistry

Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

Culture

‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

Martin MacInnes, the author of 51¶¯Âþ's latest book club pick, the Booker prize-longlisted sci-fi novel In Ascension, on how he came to write it (and a bit of a spoiler)

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Physics

Odd quantum property may let us chill things closer to absolute zero

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Physics

A single atom could drive a piston in a quantum engine

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Health

Alarm over ultra-processed food shouldn't put us off plant-based diets

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