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Chemistry may not be the 'killer app' for quantum computers after all

Two popular quantum computing algorithms for problems in chemistry may have very limited use even as quantum hardware improves

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Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors

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Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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Fractal conceptual illustration of supersymmetry or superstrings. Supersymmetry (SUSY) is a particle physics theory that proposes a type of spacetime symmetry relating two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons, which have an integer-valued 'spin', and fermions, which have a half-integer spin. If supersymmetry is a true symmetry of nature, it would explain many mysterious features of particle physics and would help solve paradoxes such as the cosmological constant problem. There is only indirect evidence for the existence of supersymmetry, primarily in the form of evidence for gauge coupling unification. Direct confirmation would entail production of superpartners at collider experiments, such as at the Large Hadron Collider.

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A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist

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Inside the company selling quantum entanglement

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Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?

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Chemistry

The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it

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Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

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Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible

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Physics

The mystery of nuclear 'magic numbers' has finally been resolved

A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, a riddle that has persisted in nuclear physics for decades

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Physics

Backwards heat shows laws of thermodynamics may need a quantum update

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The experiments that could finally explain gravity

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Time crystals could be used to build accurate quantum clocks

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Physicists warn of 'catastrophic' impact from UK science cuts

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