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Record-breaking quantum memory brings quantum internet one step closer

A communications network secured by the laws of quantum physics would be unhackable, but building one requires a component called a quantum memory, which is still being developed

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Sixty years ago the world’s largest particle accelerator switched on

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Double-slit experiment

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Photon trick lets you bend the rules of quantum physics

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Chilled nanoparticles

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This tiny glass bead has been quantum chilled to near absolute zero

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What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

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What you experience may not exist. Inside the strange truth of reality

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In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect

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Strange particles found in Antarctica cannot be explained by physics

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China has developed the world’s first mobile quantum satellite station

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China has developed the world’s first mobile quantum satellite station

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Are dark matter and dark energy related in anything apart from name?

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Are dark matter and dark energy related in anything apart from name?

There is no law of physics dictating that dark matter and dark energy can’t be connected, and it is natural to wonder about it, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Technology

A massive optical computer being built could outpace quantum computers

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Technology

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

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Quiz of the year: Test your knowledge of 2019's science stories

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New Scientist ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade

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