Physics
‘Quantum Internet’ Inches Closer With Advance in Data Teleportation
From Santa Barbara, Calif., to Hefei, China, scientists are developing a new kind of computer that will make today’s machines look like toys. Harnessing the mysterious powers of quantum mechanics, the technology will perform tasks in minutes that even supercomputers could not complete in thousands of years. In the fall of 2019, Google unveiled an […]
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A Box of Cash, a Secret Donor and a Big Lift for Some N.Y.C. Students
When he returned to teaching in-person this semester, Vinod Menon, a physics professor at City College of New York in Harlem, finally looked through a pile of office mail and found a cardboard box the size of a toaster. The box, heavy enough to warrant $90 in postage for priority U.S. mail, was addressed to […]
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