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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern is charting a path to take them to the next level

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When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big bang

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When did time begin? Hint: It wasn’t at the big bang

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Liquid crystals could improve quantum communication devices

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Liquid crystals could improve quantum communication devices

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Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility crisis

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Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

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Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

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Why string theory has been unfairly maligned - and how to test it

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Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects

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Qunnect's entanglement source

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An unhackable quantum internet is being built in New York City

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Ultra-fast random number generator uses quantum fluctuations

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An aerial photo taken over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France at sunset with a wide view above the monument, with streets coming out like spokes from the monument at the center.

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Quantum city simulation shows how to make Paris-sized quantum internet

A simulated version of Paris where universities and telecommunication hubs are connected by a quantum communication network suggests that existing technology is already nearing the ability to create functional "quantum cities"

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Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

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China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

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Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

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