A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

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In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

An Infinity of Infinities Yes, infinity comes in many sizes. In 1873, the German mathematician Georg Cantor shook math to the core when he discovered that the “real” numbers that fill the number line ...

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Despite the hype, it’s been surprisingly challenging to find quantum algorithms that outperform classical ones. In this episode, Ewin Tang discusses her pioneering work in “dequantizing” quantum ...

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