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Quantum computing

Technology

'Spectacular' progress has been made towards useful quantum computers

At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference, scientific and business leaders of the quantum computing industry hailed "spectacular" progress being made towards practical devices – but said that challenges remain

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Life

A ghostly glow was seen emanating from living things in 2025

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Technology

Quantum computers turned out to be more useful than expected in 2025

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New Scientists build a window into the fourth dimension

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51¶¯Âþs build a window into the fourth dimension

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Quantum representation

Physics

Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer

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How 3 imaginary physics demons tore up the laws of nature

Physics

How 3 imaginary physics demons tore up the laws of nature

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New Scientists inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

Features

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

Mathematics

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

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Physics

Quantum experiment settles a century-old row between Einstein and Bohr

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Physics

Why quantum mechanics says the past isn’t real

The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, makes us question the very existence of time – and how much we can manipulate it

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Physics

Black hole entropy hints at a surprising truth about our universe

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Physics

A new understanding of causality could fix quantum theory’s fatal flaw

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Technology

Quantum computers need classical computing to be truly useful

Analysis

Physics

An ambitious look at quantum physics is fun – but overdoes it a little

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