Cracking the popular cryptocurrency algorithm in an hour would require over 300 million qubits with current technology, say physicists
Read article: Bitcoin encryption is safe from quantum computers – for now
Black holes probably had a chance encounter in a dense star cluster
Read article: Highly eccentric black-hole merger is identified in LIGO–Virgo observation
Researchers model multibody interactions in communicating systems
Read article: Selfishness for the greater good revealed in optimization of group dynamics
Powerful theoretical tool designs robots from 2D materials
Read article: How to build tiny robots from stretchy sheets
Materials long maligned as less efficient than their hybrid cousins in fact have fewer loss mechanisms, say researchers
Read article: Simulations herald rethink for all-inorganic perovskite solar cells
New research shows the fruit’s profile is self-similar as it expands
Read article: Physicists get under the skin of apple growth
Searching for certain Trans-Neptunian Objects could shed light on whether a planet lurks beyond Neptune
Read article: Simulations offer observational test for Planet Nine hypothesis
Deep reinforcement learning technique finds the best surface atom configurations for a given chemical reaction
Read article: ‘CatGym’ algorithm predicts better catalysts
Supercomputer study of “turbulent puffs” could boost our understanding of airborne disease spread
Read article: Coughed particles float for longer in cold air, study suggests
Find out why physics is increasingly reliant on open-source code by checking out the September 2021 issue of Physics World magazine
Read article: Why open-source software is so powerful for physics: find out in the September 2021 issue of Physics World
