Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier
Quantum computers can theoretically crack common encryption methodsBlackJack3D/Getty Images The amount of…
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…
