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Why quantum satellites will make it harder for states to snoop

With the launch of the world’s first quantum communication satellite, the era of unhackable communication has begun

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Physics

Quantum trick sees two things happen before and after each other

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China's quantum communications satellite launches

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China launches world's first quantum communications satellite

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LHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase

Physics

LHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase

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Molecular model of the thermoplastic polymer polypropylene, consisting of long chains of the monomer propylene

Technology

Libraries of plastic molecules could store huge amounts of data

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Technology

Quantum computing race heats up as trapped ions rival microchips

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Crystal mimics brain cell to sift through giant piles of data

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The life and work of Alan Turing: Discovery weekend

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Technology

A field guide to technology gone feral

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Error fix for long-lived qubits brings quantum computers nearer

For the first time, researchers are able to extend the lifetime of a quantum bit, or qubit, using error correction – an essential step to useful quantum computers

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Physics

Collapse: Has quantum theory's greatest mystery been solved?

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Physics

Seven ways to skin Schrödinger’s cat

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How Alan Turing found machine thinking in the human mind

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Physics

You can touch the heart of physics without doing the hard bits

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