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Quantum Computer Breakthrough

Yesterday, researchers announced a breakthrough: a quantum computer based on a crystal composed of 300 atoms. Although it doesn’t sound like much, the potential computing power of this quantum computer dramatically outstrips all present day computers. The full details were published in Nature. Instead of operating in a binary system like regular computers, a quantum…

Failing the Future

Moments after I arrived, I ran into him in the hotel lobby. I started feeling nauseous, and then I saw him. Part of me wondered if this might be a side effect, but a bigger part of me was trying to make it to the bathroom before something terrible happened. I was worried I wouldn’t…