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When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This ...

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"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

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The pioneer of quantum computing talks about how Albert Einstein would have reacted to his experiments, the hype around the ...

Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further.

Photonic says it’s trying to build the world’s first highly scalable fault-tolerant quantum computer. It’s doing so with a ...