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Google on track for quantum computer breakthrough by end of 2017

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Google on track for quantum computer breakthrough by end of 2017

The search giant is testing a 20-qubit processor, its most powerful quantum chip yet, and says it will be able to outperform ordinary computers by the end of the year

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Physics

Footballers move around pitch like chaotic particles in a fluid

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Micius satellite

Space

Chinese satellite beats distance record for quantum entanglement

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A fully charged mobile phone in a person's hand

Technology

Wireless charger uses quantum trick to power gadgets on the move

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Time, mass and custard provide the physics in <i>The Earthworks</i>

Physics

Time, mass and custard provide the physics in The Earthworks

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SPIDER reactor

Physics

Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests

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Space

The quantum leak that could give rise to dark energy

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Physics

A classic quantum test could reveal the limits of the human mind

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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

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Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

Physicists can observe complex molecules without disrupting them by linking them up to a charged atom, giving a new way to probe fundamental physics

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Technology

Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate

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Physics

5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

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Humans

Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

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Space

Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes

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