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WEBSep 12, 2024 · By Janna Levin. August 29, 2024. Since Newton had his initial revelation about gravity, our understanding of this fundamental concept has evolved in unexpected ways. In this week’s episode, theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham and co-host Janna Levin discuss the ways our current understanding of gravity needs to continue to evolve.
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WEBBy Janna Levin. August 1, 2024. Cryptography is the thread that connects Julius Caesar, World War II and quantum computing, and it now lies under nearly every part of modern life. In this week’s episode, computer scientist Boaz Barak and co-host Janna Levin discuss the past and future of secrecy. Langlands program.
The Quest to Quantify Quantumness - Quanta Magazine
WEBOct 19, 2023 · Researchers have identified an assortment of physical properties that could do the trick. Peter Greenwood for Quanta Magazine. It’s been more than 40 years since the physicist Richard Feynman pointed out that building computing devices based on quantum principles could unlock powers far greater than those of “classical” computers.
The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve
WEBJun 10, 2021 · The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics. Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine. Over the past century, quantum field theory has proved to be the single most sweeping and successful physical theory ever invented. It is an umbrella …
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The Biggest Math Breakthroughs in 2022 - Quanta Magazine
WEBDec 22, 2022 · The Year in Math. Four Fields Medals were awarded for major breakthroughs in geometry, combinatorics, statistical physics and number theory, even as mathematicians continued to wrestle with how computers are changing the discipline. Video: In 2022, mathematicians solved a centuries-old geometry question, proved the …
New Entanglement Results Hint at Better Quantum Codes
WEBOct 24, 2022 · Now, a lab in China has achieved what appears to be nonlocal entanglement between three particles at once, potentially boosting the strength of quantum cryptography and the possibilities for quantum networks generally. “Two-party nonlocality is crazy enough as it is,” said Peter Bierhorst, a quantum information theorist at the University of ...
Quantum Algorithms Conquer a New Kind of Problem
WEBJul 11, 2022 · Then in April, researchers invented a fundamentally new kind of problem that a quantum computer should be able to solve exponentially faster than a classical one. It involves calculating the inputs to a complicated mathematical process, based solely on its jumbled outputs. Whether the problem stands alone or is the first in a new frontier of ...
Quantum physics - Quanta Magazine
WEBAug 28, 2024 · By Steven Strogatz. September 12, 2024. The Industrial Revolution brought us the laws of thermodynamics, and new ideas about work, energy and efficiency. In this episode, co-host Steven Strogatz speaks with theoretical physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern about what these concepts might mean in the age of quantum mechanics. quantum …
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