‘Spooky action at a distance’ – a beginner’s guide to quantum entanglement and why it matters in the real world
Many governments and tech companies are investing heavily in quantum technologies. In New Zealand, the recently…
Microsoft just claimed a quantum breakthrough. A quantum physicist explains what it means
Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that…
New experiments finally prove a long-forgotten theory about how quantum particles spin
What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s…
Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries
Clearly, the battery recycling rate must improve. This is where everyday people can help. In the…
Qubit that makes most errors obvious now available to customers
We’re nearing the end of the year, and there are typically a flood of announcements regarding…
IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware
By making small adjustments to the frequency that the qubits are operating at, it’s possible to…