quantum physics
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IBM Quantum Computer Does Record-Breaking Chemistry
As cool as they sound, quantum computers will probably not be best suited for designing websites or making pretty word processors. Instead, their quirky bits may one day be used to solve special algorithms, for artificial intelligence applications, or to model things that actually follow the wild rules of quantum physics. One day.
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Physicists Use Lasers To Set Up First Underwater Quantum Communications Link
Quantum mechanics may force you to think some wild things about the way the universe works, but it has some real applications. One of the theory’s main quirks allows for a special kind of quantum link, one that can send incredibly secure messages or transmit data for quantum computing. Tests of these links exist on…
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Experiment With Chinese Satellite Demonstrates Quantum Weirdness Over Record Distances
Quantum mechanics is weird as hell, where the rules of the world you experience don’t apply. Even at distances a thousand kilometres apart, particles seem to be able to communicate with each other instantly, for example.
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Take Part In Today’s Worldwide Quantum Physics Experiment
There is a worldwide scientific experiment today aiming to test the laws of quantum physics via a video game – and you’re invited! The BIG Bell Test: worldwide quantum experiments powered by human randomness aims to conduct a series of quantum experiments in labs around the world that, for the first time, will be controlled…