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Why haven't we got useful quantum computers yet?

Four years after Google first demonstrated the supremacy of quantum computers over ordinary ones, why aren't these exotic machines being used for practical problems?

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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Chemistry

The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie

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The Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher (BEAR), a robotic laboratory

Technology

Toughest known structure discovered by autonomous robot lab

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Physics

Physicists create bizarre quantum Alice rings for the first time

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Virus ‘nanobots’ can make harmful bacteria in food and drink glow

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The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, by a palaeontologist

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The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, by a palaeontologist

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IBM Quantum scientist Dr. Maika Takita in the Thomas J Watson Research Center IBM Quantum Lab.

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IBM has just made error correction easier for quantum computers

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

This tantalising extract is taken from Bridge by Lauren Beukes, the latest pick for our ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ Book Club. It sees Bridge discovering something mysterious in her late mother's freezer - something which might open doors to other worlds

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Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice wine a banana taste

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Physics

Why Isaac Newton's laws still give physicists a lot to think about

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Physics

LK-99: Mounting evidence suggests material is not a superconductor

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Physics

From time crystals to wormholes: When is a quantum simulation real?

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