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The cosmological constant has been a problem in physics since Einstein, but new research may show why it takes the value that ...

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A failed film student-turned-physicist is now a billionaire after Nvidia's quantum push sent his stock soaring.

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Google cut the qubits needed to break crypto encryption by 20x and withheld the circuits. Here's why that matters.

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In his doctoral thesis, Michael Roop develops numerical methods that allow finding physically reliable approximate solutions ...