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Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality

We can usually agree what objects look like, but why?Martin Bond /…

A strange kind of quantumness may be key to quantum computers’ success

Google’s Willow quantum computerGoogle Quantum AI What is it about quantum computers…

Inside world’s ultimate X-ray machine before it becomes more powerful

An illustration of an electron beam traveling through a niobium cavity, a…

Mathematicians spent 2025 exploring the edge of mathematics

When numbers get large, things get weirdJezper / Alamy In 2025, the…

‘Spectacular’ progress has been made towards useful quantum computers

Practical quantum computers are moving closer to realityAlexander Yakimov / Alamy Fully…

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope blew up in 2025

The 3D-printed microscopeDr Liam M. Rooney/University of Strathclyde At the beginning of…

Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer

Quantum particles can now be made to carry useful information for longerkoto_feja/Getty…

Physics of light and magnetism rewritten after almost two centuries

Illustration of Faraday’s experiment showing how light becomes polarised by a magnetic…

The forgotten women of quantum physics

Physicist Chien-Shung Wu at the Smith College physics lab with an electrostatic…

‘Nightmare’ calculation may be too tricky for even quantum computers

Some problems are too hard for even quantum computersYaroslav Kushta/Getty Images Researchers…