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Physicists give Schrodinger's cat a cheshire grin
By Mike McRae published
Physicists have shown how a particle might show its face in a corner of an experiment without needing its body anywhere in sight, like a grin without a cat.
China claims fastest quantum computer in the world
By Rafi Letzter published
"Jiuzhang" would be the most powerful quantum computer in the world, capable of performing some tasks 100 trillion times faster than the world's fastest supercomputers.
Higgs boson possibly caught in act of never-before-seen transformation
By Rafi Letzter published
If the Higgs boson really is decaying into pairs of muons in the Large Hadron Collider, that's a big deal for particle physics.
Fate of Schrödinger's cat probably isn't in the hands of gravity, experiment finds
By Mike McRae published
Can we blame gravity for one of quantum physics' most brain-numbing paradoxes — Schrödinger's cat?
New quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question
By Eric Cavalcanti published
Physicists have found a new paradox in quantum mechanics that throws doubt on some common-sense ideas about physical reality.
Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers. Here's what they found.
By Diane Lincoln published
A team of physicists has devised a simple way to measure the duration of a bizarre phenomenon called quantum tunneling.
Exotic, fifth state of matter created on the space station
By Charles Q. Choi published
Scientists have generated an exotic form of matter in the unique microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station and are using it to explore the quantum world, a new study finds.
Online course trains students in the bizarre world of quantum computing
By Diane Lincoln published
A new online training course introduces students to quantum concepts, including superposition, qubits, encryption and many others.
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