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Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world

Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world

1 September 2021

We fast-forward to 2050 and imagine what an average day will be like when we have slashed our carbon emissions – a picture informed by the latest research, ongoing trials and expert opinion


Quantum internet: The race is on to build an unhackable online world

Quantum internet: The race is on to build an unhackable online world

26 May 2021

Great leaps are already being made in creating a super secure quantum internet. It could overturn the role of information in our lives and give us a globe-spanning quantum supercomputer


How quantum theory says we can never see a complete picture of reality

How quantum theory says we can never see a complete picture of reality

1 July 2020

Schrödinger's cat is only the start of quantum weirdness, says physicist Vlatko Vedral – it leads us to strange worlds where personalities split and time does not exist


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In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect

15 January 2020

In everyday life, causes always precede effects. But new experiments suggests that no such restriction applies in the quantum world


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Time travel without paradoxes is possible with many parallel timelines

13 December 2019

Time travel brings up paradoxes that break the laws of physics, but multiple similar timelines running parallel to one another could get around this


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Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time

21 August 2019

Quantum teleportation has only ever been performed with qubits, which have two dimensions. Now it’s been done with a 3D qutrit for the first time


A classic quantum theorem may prove there are many parallel universes

A classic quantum theorem may prove there are many parallel universes

19 August 2019

If we accept that information can’t travel faster than the speed of light, a quantum theorem seems to require many worlds that split when you make a measurement


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Schrödinger’s kittens: New thought experiment breaks quantum theory

20 March 2019

A twist on the famous Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment could undermine quantum physics – or provide a path to a deeper understanding of how the world works


Quantum network joins four people together for encrypted messaging

Quantum network joins four people together for encrypted messaging

12 December 2018

A multi-user quantum network shows that secure quantum links between several people at once could be possible using standard telecommunications equipment


Don't miss: a chance to play WiFI Wars and revisit the Apollo 8 days

Don't miss: a chance to play WiFI Wars and revisit the Apollo 8 days

12 December 2018

Grab your smartphone as WiFi Wars erupt at the Royal Institution Christmas Bash, tune in for a rerun of an epic trip to the moon and brace for new survival game Miscreated


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