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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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Chinese satellite beats distance record for quantum entanglement

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A fully charged mobile phone in a person's hand

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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>

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Time, mass and custard provide the physics in The Earthworks

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The dreams our stuff is made of

Space

The dreams our stuff is made of

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Space

The quantum leak that could give rise to dark energy

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A person silhouetted against a fan of red laser light

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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Centimeter-sized silicon chip, which has two parallel superconducting oscillators and the quantum-circuit refrigerators connected to them

Technology

Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate

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5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

On the face of it, things like teleporters and invisibility cloaks shouldn’t exist – but loopholes in what physics allows means things aren’t always that simple

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Space

Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes

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Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

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Technology

Inside knowledge: Why we'll never know everything

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Inside knowledge: Is information the only thing that exists?

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