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2019 becomes 2020

Technology

A lazy fix 20 years ago means the Y2K bug is taking down computers now

The millennium bug is back with a vengeance, after programmers in the 1990s simply pushed the problem back by 20 years

News

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule, illustration.

Technology

A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900

News

NNT/LASOLV [Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group]

Technology

A massive optical computer being built could outpace quantum computers

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IBM Q quantum computer

Technology

Everyone is jumping on the quantum computing bandwagon, but why?

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CERN

Space

New Scientist ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade

News

Google’s quantum supremacy algorithm has found its first practical use

Physics

Google’s quantum supremacy algorithm has found its first practical use

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Prime numbers

Physics

Quantum computer sets new record for finding prime number factors

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Google's quantum processor

Physics

Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever

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Quantum fluctuations

Physics

Heat can quantum leap across a totally empty vacuum

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Volunteers working in soup kitchen

Life

Scientific truth doesn't exist – but we must still strive for answers

Even in physics, there is no such thing as truth. We should carry on trying to categorise the world, though, providing we realise that it sometimes resists such efforts

Leader

Physics

In the quantum world, uncertainty reigns – or is it all in the mind?

Features

Physics

The universe tends towards disorder. But how come nobody knows why?

Features

Technology

IBM is using quantum computers to generate Minecraft-like game levels

News

Video

Inside the quantum computing revolution – what does the future hold?

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