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We urgently need to prepare for quantum computers breaking encryption

The maths problems that secure your online bank transactions and emails may soon be undermined by quantum technology. It’s imperative we act now, before it’s too late

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Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways

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Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

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Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, Chair in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Imperial College London, who has made seminal contributions to research in metamaterials and photonics, surface science, and disordered systems and localisation. Cloaking devices, perfect lenses and the super high-speed computer chips of the future are just some of the practical applications of Sir John's theoretical research.

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The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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How a century-long argument over light’s true nature came to an end

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Cracked blue bowl with equations, stars, planets and galaxies decorating its exterior. It is cracked but golden glue sticks it back together.

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We're solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together

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The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of April 2026

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How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the �鶹��ý Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Space

Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Temperature gets a new definition using a quantum device

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Life

Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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