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[:es]The Argument Against Quantum Computers[:]
The mathematician Gil Kalai believes that quantum computers can’t possibly work, even in principle.
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[:es]Quantum Algorithms Struggle Against Old Foe: Clever Computers[:]
The quest for “quantum supremacy” – unambiguous proof that a quantum computer does something faster than an ordinary computer – has paradoxically led to a boom in quasi-quantum classical algorithms. […]
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[:es]The Era of Quantum Computing Is Here. Outlook: Cloudy[:]
Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they’re truly powerful, researchers have to overcome a number of fundamental roadblocks.
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[:es]Fossil Discoveries Challenge Ideas About Earth’s Start[:]
A series of fossil finds suggests that life on Earth started earlier than anyone thought, calling into question a widely held theory of the solar system’s beginnings.
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[:es]With ‘Downsized’ DNA, Flowering Plants Took Over the World[:]
Compact genomes and tiny cells gave flowering plants an edge over competing flora. This discovery hints at a broader evolutionary principle.
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[:es]Why an Old Theory of Everything Is Gaining New Life[:]
For decades, physicists have struggled to create a quantum theory of gravity. Now an approach that dates to the 1970s is attracting newfound attention.
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[:es]A Mathematician Who Decodes the Patterns Stamped Out by Life[:]
Corina Tarnita deciphers bizarre patterns in the soil created by competing life-forms. She’s found that they can reveal whether an ecosystem is thriving or on the verge of collapse.
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[:es]The End of the RNA World Is Near, Biochemists Argue[:]
For decades, an origin-of-life story starring RNA has prevailed. New research may be shaking that theory’s hold on our understanding of life’s beginnings.
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[:es]Neutrinos Suggest Solution to Mystery of Universe’s Existence[:]
Updated results from a Japanese neutrino experiment continue to reveal an inconsistency in the way that matter and antimatter behave.