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To succeed at scale, quantum computing must differentiate itself from AI, says columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan. But the ...

At long last, we have pinned down the size of a proton. More than 15 years after an experiment unexpectedly shook the world of particle physics, researchers are regaining their grip on one of this ...

Computers that use light rather than electricity to represent and manipulate data could slash the power demands of data centres and simultaneously speed up calculations. Two studies published today ...

SpaceX’s changing priorities, the war in Ukraine and a lack of competitors are all causing a launch crisis that might last ...

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A small hoard of medieval English coins found near the Vatican in Rome suggests that early English residents held a ...