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Plus Advent Calendar Door #21: How many dimensions are there?
Could there be more than three?
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Plus Advent Calendar Door #20: Strings to the rescue?
A possible way of resolving the greatest problem of physics.
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Plus Advent Calendar Door #19: What's the problem with quantum gravity?
Explore the biggest problem in modern physics.
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Physics in a minute: The double slit experiment
One of the most famous experiments in physics demonstrates the strange nature of the quantum world.
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Is causality fundamental?
Untangling how the human perception of cause-and-effect might arise from quantum physics may help us understand the limits and potential of AI.
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Think quantum to build better AI
Researchers are exploring if quantum mechanics could make machine learning more powerful and shed light on evolution.
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John Conway: Life, the Universe, everything and mathematics
We reflect on the late John Conway, the thoughts he shared with us over two interviews, and the experience of meeting him as a person and a mathematician.
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Plus Advent Calendar Door #19: Flying home with quantum physics
Find out why scientists trying to build quantum computers might do worse than talk to birds.
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Tools made of light win 2018 Nobel prize in physics
Revolutionary laser tools that have changed our lives have won the Nobel prize in physics.
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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
There are limits to how much you can simultaneously squeeze the quantum fuzziness of an electron's position and momentum
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Maths on a boat: Demian Nahuel Goos
PhD student Demian Goos talks to us about his work on qunatum mechanics.
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A quick chat with Seth Lloyd
The "quantum mechanic" talks about how quantum computers might impact society and the limits of measurement.