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Quantum lidar could help driverless vehicles spot bright objects

Driverless cars can use lasers to sense objects, but reflected light from nearby vehicles or bright sunlight can interfere. A system using entangled photons could help the vehicles avoid obstacles

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Qunnect's entanglement source

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An unhackable quantum internet is being built in New York City

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Ultra-fast random number generator uses quantum fluctuations

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Atomic clock components sit in a laboratory setting, a blue light laser shines through a metal chamber, partially obscured by a pair of lenses

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Most accurate molecular clock yet uses extremely cold strontium

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An aerial photo taken over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France at sunset with a wide view above the monument, with streets coming out like spokes from the monument at the center.

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Quantum city simulation shows how to make Paris-sized quantum internet

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A chip from Google's Sycamore quantum computer

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Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

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China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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China beats Google to claim the world's most powerful quantum computer

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Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

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Quantum data link established between two distant Chinese cities

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Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

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Clouds of atoms trap light in a way that could store quantum data

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China has developed the world’s first mobile quantum satellite station

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China has developed the world’s first mobile quantum satellite station

China has connected the world’s first portable ground station for quantum communication to the Mozi satellite, and has plans to launch another quantum satellite soon

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Scientific truth doesn't exist – but we must still strive for answers

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What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist

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What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

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Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time

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