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Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’
[ad_1] The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If there’s one law of physics that seems easy to grasp, it’s the…
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Researchers Claim First ‘Unconditional Proof’ of Quantum Advantage. What Happens Next?
[ad_1] Quantum computers are already here, even though it’s not readily apparent. Now, researchers say quantum advantage—the field’s long-promised milestone of outperforming classical computers—appears…
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Physicists Made a Time Crystal We Can Actually See
[ad_1] Of all the eccentricities of the quantum realm, time crystals—atomic arrangements that repeat certain motions over time—might be some of the weirdest. But…
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The Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time
[ad_1] “It provides a natural framework, or a bookkeeping mechanism, to assemble very large numbers of Feynman diagrams,” said Marcus Spradlin, a physicist at…
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Quanta Magazine Unravels Space and Time in Ambitious New Series
[ad_1] NEW YORK, September 25, 2024 (Newswire.com) – For over a decade, Quanta Magazine has challenged and delighted fans with stories about the most fundamental…
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New Evidence Shows Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement
[ad_1] But not all questions about quantum systems are easier to answer using quantum algorithms. Some are equally easy for classical algorithms, which run…
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The Quantum Mechanics of the Greenhouse Effect
[ad_1] A key question was the origin of the logarithmic scaling of the greenhouse effect—the 2-to-5-degree temperature rise that models predict will happen for…