‘Bathtub Ring’ points to vast ancient ocean on Mars
Mars may have once held a vast ocean across its northern lowlands, and the clearest clue may not…
Quantum breakthrough cuts 1,000 qubits to five, speeds computing
Scientists at California Institute of Technology and startup Oratomic have developed a method to drastically cut the number…
Research Team Finds Useful Quantum Computers Could Be Built with as Few as 10,000 Qubits
Insider Brief New research from Caltech and Oratomic suggests fault-tolerant quantum computers could require only 10,000–20,000 qubits—far fewer…
Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could accidentally zap satellites
As China pushes to take the global lead in building space-based solar power stations, a new study warns…
US team finds problems that even quantum computers can’t crack
Quantum computers are often seen as the ultimate problem-solvers, capable of tackling calculations that would take classical machines…
Physicists Shatter Quantum Computing Record
In a Caltech lab, a computer screen showed thousands of tiny points of light—each one a single atom,…
World’s largest quantum array hits 6,100 qubits at 99.98% accuracy
Quantum computers need vast numbers of qubits to solve the hardest problems in science and technology. Unlike classical…
Gravity vs Quantum Physics: Researchers Say They are Closing in on “One of the Most Important Outstanding Problems”
In a new roundup of promising advances in quantum physics, researchers are revealing the upcoming cutting-edge studies they…
Essay: The hunt for ‘planet nine’ – why there could still be something massive at the edge of the Solar System
In an article first published on The Conversation, IAN WHITTAKER looks at the evidence for a massive undiscovered…