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Quantum researchers have deployed a new algorithm to manage noise in qubits in real time. The method can be applied to a wide ...

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A survey of more than 1,000 physicists finds deep disagreements in what quantum theories mean in the real world ...

A new theory suggests that “time” might be the product of a universe that, long ago, decided to settle down into one definitive story, sparking reality as we know it.

Scientists have discovered a solution to the “damped quantum harmonic oscillator,” paving the way for what could become the ...