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Quantum Computers Just Got Hotter: One Degree Above Absolute Zero

For decades, the pursuit of quantum computing has struggled with the need for extremely low temperatures, mere fractions of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin or –273.15°C). That’s because the quantum phenomena that grant quantum computers their unique computational abilities can only be harnessed by isolating them from the warmth of the familiar classical ...

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System One Quantum Computer at the Consumer Electronic Show CES 2020.

Time Crystals ‘Impossible,’ but They Obey Quantum Physics

Scientists have created the first ”time crystal” two-body system in an experiment that seems to bend the laws of physics. It comes after the same team recently witnessed the first interaction of the new phase of matter. Time crystals were long believed to be impossible because they are made from atoms in never-ending motion. The ...

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A large quartz crystal sitting on a table.