quantum entanglement
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What Is a Quantum Battery? And When Will It Power My Laptop?
The modern battery has come a long way in its 224-year history. In the place of Alessandro Volta’s piles of metal disks and brine-soaked cloth, we now have batteries the dimensions of a graham cracker that can last days before needing a recharge. But what is the ceiling of the devices currently on the market?…
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Diplomacy Turns (Hilariously) Horrifying in Short Film Hand in Hand
A diplomatic meeting between two parties is tense, but seemingly successful — until the leaders rise to shake hands in front of the assembled group as flashbulbs pop and cameras roll. A firm handshake is one thing, but the characters in Ennio Ruschetti’s short film Hand in Hand take it to an extreme new level.
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‘Remarkable’ Mathematical Proof Describes How To Solve Seemingly Impossible Computing Problem
You enter a cave. At the end of a dark corridor, you encounter a pair of sealed chambers. Inside each chamber is an all-knowing wizard. The prophecy says that with these oracles’ help, you can learn the answers to unanswerable problems. But there’s a catch: The oracles don’t always tell the truth. And though they…
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100,000 Video Game Players Helped Scientists Prove Einstein Wrong
On 30 November 2016, around 100,000 people all over the world logged online and played a video game. Together, they surely would have frustrated Albert Einstein.