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The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

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The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm

Can a single particle have a temperature? It may seem impossible with our standard understanding of temperature, but columnist Jacklin Kwan finds that it’s not exactly ruled out in the quantum realm

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Nobel laureate says he'll build world’s most powerful quantum computer

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Nobel laureate says he'll build world’s most powerful quantum computer

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Conceptual illustration of quantum fluctuations

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The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret

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Plastic bottle in a breaking wave

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A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea

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IBM Quantum System Two

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Most complex time crystal yet has been made inside a quantum computer

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Reflections in a canal

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We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality

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A collage of analog clocks against a black background. Some are broken in half

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The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

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Illustration of nanoparticles

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The edge of the quantum world just moved closer to our reality

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Embracing quantum spookiness: Best ideas of the century

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Embracing quantum spookiness: Best ideas of the century

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�鶹��ý’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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�鶹��ý’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

A quarter of a century in, this is our definitive pick of the ideas in science and technology that are already transforming the world

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How to finally get a grasp on quantum computing

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These striking photos are a window into the world of quantum physics

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Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets

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Our elegant universe: rethinking nature’s deepest principle

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