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Encoded Bling: Diamonds Could Store Huge Amounts of Data
By Charles Q. Choi published
Diamonds may decorate some of the most coveted pieces of bling, but these precious stones could one day have a more practical use: storing vast amounts of data.
Teleported Laser Pulses? Quantum Teleportation Approaches Sci-Fi Level
By Charles Q. Choi published
Researchers have now performed "quantum teleportation" of laser pulses over several miles within two city networks of fiber optics.
China Launches Pioneering 'Hack-Proof' Quantum-Communications Satellite
By Mike Wall published
China launched the first-ever quantum satellite Monday (Aug. 15), in an effort to help develop an unhackable communications system.
First Reprogrammable Quantum Computer Created
By Charles Q. Choi published
The technology could usher in a much-anticipated era of quantum computing, which researchers say could help scientists run complex simulations and produce rapid solutions to tricky calculations.
Quantum Computer Could Simulate Beginnings of the Universe
By Charles Q. Choi published
Scientists have for the first time made an advanced machine known as a quantum computer simulate ghostly particles that fluctuate in and out of existence.
Dead or Alive, Schrödinger's Cat Can Be in 2 Boxes at Once
By Tia Ghose published
The Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment is even weirder than people thought, with the quantum cat trapped in a box able to be alive and dead in two places at once.
Light Behaving Badly: Strange Beams Reveal Hitch in Quantum Mechanics
By Tia Ghose published
A new property of light has been unearthed in bizarre, corkscrew-shaped strips of light.
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