Quantum Computers
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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.

New Bizarre State of Matter Seems to Split Fundamental Particles
By Tia Ghose published
Scientists have created a new state of matter that seems to split electrons.

How to Teleport Info Out of a Black Hole
By Tia Ghose published
Scientists have devised a way to get quantum information from a black hole, but the amount of information they can get is limited.

'Spooky Action' Heats Up: Atoms Entangled at Room Temperature
By Charles Q. Choi published

Light-Bending Microchip Could Fire Up Quantum Computers
By Charles Q. Choi published

Passing Quantum Secrets: The Next Level Beyond Quantum Computing
By Robert Young published
The one thing everyone knows about quantum mechanics is its legendary weirdness, in which the basic tenets of the world it describes seem alien to the world we live in.

New Brain-Like Computer May Solve World's Most Complex Math Problems
By Charles Q. Choi published
The prototype of the memcomputer, which works by mimicking the human brain, could one day lead to computers that solve notoriously difficult math problems and could even help to break codes.

Quantum Experiment Helps Prove Einstein's Theory of Relativity
By Jesse Emspak published
Building a quantum computer can sometimes yield unexpected benefits — like providing the right environment to demonstrate that Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity is, in fact, correct.
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