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Quantum computing research

Physics

Is the quantum computer revolution really just five years away?

Many of those involved in the race to unleash the power of quantum computing predict it will happen soon. Here's why, says Graeme Malcolm

Comment

Milky Way

Space

Suns and daughters: The family tree that may unite all the stars

Features

SpaceX's rocket test wasn't a complete success - but was close

Space

SpaceX's rocket test wasn't a complete success - but was close

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Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth

Physics

Weird ice found on Neptune and Uranus has now been made on Earth

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Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

Space

Shrinking black holes avoid paradox by oozing hidden information

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Galaxies

Space

Dancing galaxies may shake up our ideas of galaxy formation

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Sound waves may be able to trigger earlier tsunami warnings

Physics

Sound waves may be able to trigger earlier tsunami warnings

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Gundelach tubes

Physics

Ghostly images show the history of X-ray tubes

Regulars

A gamma-ray burst

Space

Dark matter near black holes sends gamma rays from galaxy's core

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Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent

Earth

Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent

2.2 billion years ago, a huge build-up of pressure inside the Earth triggered vast volcanic eruptions, which formed the first ever supercontinent

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Physics

Neutrinos may have more kinds of cosmic sources than we thought

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Technology

3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time

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Physics

Medieval gamblers turned their back on fate and made dice fair

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Space

Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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