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The baffling quantum maths solution it took 10 years to understand

6 February 2019

A decade ago, two mathematicians produced a solution to one of the most difficult maths problems ever. The only problem was, no one understood it - until now
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Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks

28 February 2018

Quantum computers will smash our best encryption. To make everything from online chats to government intelligence safe, we need maths no machine could solve

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