Quantum computers are more than a little bit fickle.

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Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

As APL’s new mission area executive for Research and Exploratory Development, Joan Hoffmann aims to advance the Laboratory’s ...

The world of quantum physics is experiencing a second revolution, which will drive an exponential leap in the progress of computing, the internet, telecommunications, cybersecurity and biomedicine.

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Theoretical physicist James D Bjorken, whose work played a key role in revealing the existence of quarks, passed away on ...

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After many countries, including the UK, Ireland and the US, went to the polls in 2024, the start of 2025 will see governments ...