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What they revealed could enable ultra-secure computing and new telescope technology

Objective reality might not be so objective after all. Scientists used a simple quantum trick to break the classical reality barrier.

Senator takes swipes at Biden nominee to lead Department of Energy’s science wing Aug. 3, 2021 , 6:45 PM President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science met some hostile questions at a Senate confirmation hearing today. Senator John Barrasso (WY), the senior Republican on the Senate energy committee, questioned whether Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, a soil scientist at the University of California, Merced, has the qualifications to lead the agency, which is the United States’s single biggest funder of the physical sciences and spends less than 11%...

Physicists move closer to defeating errors in quantum computation Jul. 14, 2021 , 6:30 PM Physicists at Google have taken an important step toward protecting delicate information in their nascent quantum computer from errors that can obliterate it. The researchers can’t yet compensate for all types of errors—a necessary step toward building a full-fledged quantum computer—but others say they’re poised to achieve that goal. “There's no smashing breakthrough here, but they're doing the hard work, and they're reporting clear progress for a future breakthrough,” says Greg Kuperberg, a...

Biden’s proposed 5.7% boost for next year seen as inadequate