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Qubits Can Be as Safe as Bits, Researchers Show

By Mordechai Rorvig
January 6, 2022
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A new result shows that quantum information can theoretically be protected from errors just as well as classical information can.

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Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code

By Mordechai Rorvig
November 24, 2021
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By carefully constructing a multidimensional and well-connected graph, a team of researchers has finally created a long-sought locally testable code that can immediately betray whether it’s been corrupted.

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How Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
April 22, 2021
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The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment — one that physicists use to probe the physics of information.

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How Claude Shannon Invented the Future

By David Tse
December 22, 2020
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Today’s information age is only possible thanks to the groundbreaking work of a lone genius.

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What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.

By Jordana Cepelewicz
July 16, 2020
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To recognize strange extraterrestrial life and solve biological mysteries on this planet, scientists are searching for an objective definition for life’s basic units.

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A New Approach to Multiplication Opens the Door to Better Quantum Computers

By Kevin Hartnett
April 24, 2019
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Quantum computers can’t selectively forget information. A new algorithm for multiplication shows a way around that problem.

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The Math That Tells Cells What They Are

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 13, 2019
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During development, cells seem to decode their fate through optimal information processing, which could hint at a more general principle of life.

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Milestone Experiment Proves Quantum Communication Really Is Faster

By Kevin Hartnett
December 19, 2018
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In a Paris lab, researchers have shown for the first time that quantum methods of transmitting information are superior to classical ones.

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Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution’s Speed

By Jordana Cepelewicz
November 29, 2018
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Some researchers are using a complexity framework thought to be purely theoretical to understand evolutionary dynamics in biological and computational systems.


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