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Bizarre Quantum Universe
Bizarre Quantum Universe Even how matter exists in the first place is a mystery to physicists By Andrea Gawrylewski Join Our Community of Science Lovers! In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving something astonishing: the universe is not locally real. In other words, particles don’t have fixed properties until they…
Single-Atom Quantum Computer Achieves Breakthrough Molecular Simulations
Single Atom Acts as a Quantum Computer and Simulates Molecules A quantum computer has used a single atom to model the complex dynamics of organic molecules interacting with light By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine A view inside the trapped-ion quantum computer that carried out a first-of-its-kind simulation of molecular chemistry. Join Our Community of…
Review – Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #2 – The Undying Man
Ray: The Black Label line is capable of doing things that no other DC book can, and this title makes the case that it’s at its best when it’s used to reinvent obscure and lower-tier heroes where there are no issues with branding. After a one-page prelude by the late, great Jackson “Butch” Guice, we’re…
Quantum Computer Makes Random-Number Breakthrough
Quantum Randomness Could Create a Spoof-Proof Internet Quantinuum’s 56-bit trapped-ion computer has succeeded in demonstrating randomness in quantum circuits to establish secure, private connections By Gayoung Lee & Lee Billings Quantinuum’s vacuum chamber. The allure of quantum computers is, at its heart, quite simple: by leveraging counterintuitive quantum effects, they could perform computational feats utterly…
Breakthrough Prize Winner Gerard ’t Hooft Says Quantum Mechanics Is ‘Nonsense’
Quantum Physics Is on the Wrong Track, Says Breakthrough Prize Winner Gerard ’t Hooft After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics By Lee Billings Gerard ’t Hooft. In the pantheon of modern physics, few figures can match the quiet authority…
Are D-Wave’s Claims of ‘Quantum Advantage’ Just ‘Quantum Hype’?
For Quantum Computing, Pressing the Advantage Is a Risky Proposition D-Wave’s fresh claim that it has achieved “quantum advantage” has sparked criticism of the company—and of the scientific process itself By Lee Billings edited by Dean Visser In a paper published in Science, an international team of more than 60 people led by D-Wave scientist…
Does Time Work Differently in the Quantum Realm?
In the Quantum Realm, Time’s Arrow Might Fly in Two Directions Scientists studying a centuries-old mystery of physics suggest two “arrows of time” control the evolution of quantum systems By Gayoung Lee edited by Lee Billings If a cup of water spills on the floor, the water can’t unspill—that is, it’s inconceivable that each water…