Having given much thought to the subject of the mind, I have concluded that the only way to approach it is by gaining at least a rudimentary understanding of quantum physics, also called quantum ...

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Quantum computers will lead to advancements in artificial intelligence. Photo: D-Wave Systems Inc. Quantum computers will lead to advancements in artificial intelligence. (Photo courtesy of D-Wave ...

C&EN’s latest podcast, Inflection Point, leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three ...

Google has unveiled a powerful new quantum computer chip that it says takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete ...

Alphabet Inc.’s quantum computer needs just five minutes to solve a problem that would take supercomputers around 10 septillion years. Google’s next task: coming up with an actual use for all that ...

Scientists have demonstrated a new method for measuring how long ultrashort events like quantum tunneling to occur at quantum scale time.

EPFL physicists have found a way to measure the time involved in quantum events and found it depends on the symmetry of the ...

Stephen Hawking once suggested Albert Einstein’s assertion that “God does not play dice” with the universe was wrong. In Hawking’s view, the discovery of black hole physics confirmed that not only did ...

It has been over a century since the boom period of physics exploded with Albert Einstein, Max Planck and others, sending us spinning into a new world of chaos from our previously ordered universe.