Quantum computing Blog Is Google’s quantum supremacy not so supreme after all? Preprint from IBM researchers downgrades quantum advantage Read article: Is Google’s quantum supremacy not so supreme after all?
Everyday science Blog How astronauts stay healthy, the future of fusion, quantum games for high schools Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: How astronauts stay healthy, the future of fusion, quantum games for high schools
Everyday science Blog Michio Kaku loses superstring Nobel bet, algorithm helps you avoid the hot Sun, how potato snacks get their puff Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Michio Kaku loses superstring Nobel bet, algorithm helps you avoid the hot Sun, how potato snacks get their puff
Nanomaterials Blog Trends in Nanotechnology: nano pioneers celebrate the conference’s 20th anniversary From electronic skyrmions and antiferromagnetic topological insulators to the industrial prospects of 2D materials we report from San Sebastian Read article: Trends in Nanotechnology: nano pioneers celebrate the conference’s 20th anniversary
History Blog My favourite Nobel prize: weighing up neutrino mass Tushna Commissariat explains why the discovery that neutrinos have mass is crucial to our understanding of the universe Read article: My favourite Nobel prize: weighing up neutrino mass
Culture, history and society Blog My favourite Nobel prize: highlighting climate change science and awareness Liz Kalaugher praises the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize but laments that not enough has been done since to cut greenhouse gas emissions Read article: My favourite Nobel prize: highlighting climate change science and awareness
Astronomy and space Blog Cosmic pretzel feeds baby stars, fusion is his new graphene, is ‘Planet 9’ a tiny black hole? Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Cosmic pretzel feeds baby stars, fusion is his new graphene, is ‘Planet 9’ a tiny black hole?
History Blog My favourite Nobel prize: opening a new chapter in low-temperature physics Michael Banks explains the crucial role that liquid helium plays in experimental physics Read article: My favourite Nobel prize: opening a new chapter in low-temperature physics
Mathematics and computation Blog SPONSORED Artificial intelligence and cloud computing: the future for scientific research The buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) is hard to ignore. Huge data sets and large amounts of compute are the perfect match for deep learning, wowing us with algorithms that have beaten gra... Read article: Artificial intelligence and cloud computing: the future for scientific research
Culture, history and society Blog Our (pseudo)scientific picks for next week’s Nobel prize We reckon that 2019 is the year for quantum foundations Read article: Our (pseudo)scientific picks for next week’s Nobel prize
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