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Hidden Structure

The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End

By George Musser
October 29, 2020
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In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information.

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Spotting Quantum Black Holes in the Lab

By John Preskill
July 15, 2020
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Can we test speculations about how quantum physics affects black holes and the Big Bang?

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Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math

By Kevin Hartnett
March 4, 2020
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Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics.

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Wormholes Reveal a Way to Manipulate Black Hole Information in the Lab

By Philip Ball
February 27, 2020
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A proposal for building wormhole-connected black holes offers a way to probe the paradoxes of quantum information.

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How to Turn a Quantum Computer Into the Ultimate Randomness Generator

By Anil Ananthaswamy
June 19, 2019
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Pure, verifiable randomness is hard to come by. Two proposals show how to make quantum computers into randomness factories.

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Computer Scientists Expand the Frontier of Verifiable Knowledge

By Kevin Hartnett
May 23, 2019
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The universe of problems that a computer can check has grown. The researchers’ secret ingredient? Quantum entanglement.

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In Quantum Games, There’s No Way to Play the Odds

By Kevin Hartnett
April 1, 2019
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These games combine quantum entanglement, infinity and impossible-to-calculate winning probabilities. But if researchers can crack them, they’ll reveal deep mathematical secrets.

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The Universe’s Ultimate Complexity Revealed by Simple Quantum Games

By Kevin Hartnett
March 5, 2019
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A two-player game can reveal whether the universe has an infinite amount of complexity.

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How Space and Time Could Be a Quantum Error-Correcting Code

By Natalie Wolchover
January 3, 2019
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The same codes needed to thwart errors in quantum computers may also give the fabric of space-time its intrinsic robustness.


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