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Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
This extreme fragility might make quantum computing sound hopeless. But in 1995,…
You Can Count on Pi
For geeks, there are several great holidays on the calendar. There is…
How Do Heat Pumps Work?
Now stretch it really hard and quickly hold it to your upper…
There’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding
But there may be opportunities to indirectly spot the signatures of those…
Is This New 50-Year Battery for Real?
Wouldn’t it be cool if you never had to charge your cell…
Google’s Chess Experiments Reveal How to Boost the Power of AI
His group decided to find out. They built the new, diversified version…
A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade
This is a job for LLL: Give it (or its brethren) a…
How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Driverless cars…
Why Is Our Solar System Flat?
But the solar system contains more than two masses. In fact, it…