
Are Quantum Computers about to Break Online Privacy?
A new algorithm is probably not efficient enough to crack current encryption keys—but that’s no reason for complacency, researchers say
Davide Castelvecchi is a staff reporter at Nature who has been obsessed with quantum spin for essentially his entire life. Follow him on Twitter @dcastelvecchi
A new algorithm is probably not efficient enough to crack current encryption keys—but that’s no reason for complacency, researchers say
A discrepancy in the measurement of a type of particle decay had raised hopes of new physics
Many researchers see a huge role for hydrogen in decarbonizing economies
After shocking the mathematics community with a major result in 2013, Yitang Zhang now says he has solved an analogue of the celebrated Riemann hypothesis
Maryna Viazovska, who works on the geometry of spheres, is one of four winners of the coveted prize this year
A structure that links amino acids suggests that early organisms could have been based on an RNA-protein mix
Analysts explain why some fear that the Russian military will use chemical weapons—and how the world would know if it did
Dennis Sullivan’s work has advanced the study of shapes, and he developed tools that have helped to solve many mathematical problems
Fresh data suggest instrumental errors may have mimicked a purported signal from the universe’s first stars
The latest effort to weigh the elusive particle produces a more precise estimate of its upper limit
The basic concept of quantum spin provides an understanding of a vast range of physical phenomena
The latest bounty of 35 events features oddball black holes and a miniature neutron star
Physicists have imaged elusive ‘Wigner crystals’ for the first time
The European and Japanese spacecraft performed the first of six slingshot maneuvers around the planet. It will ultimately insert two probes into orbit in 2025
Hints of a previously unknown, primordial form of the substance could explain why the cosmos now seems to be expanding faster than theory predicts
The rare tetraquark is one of dozens of nonelementary particles discovered at the accelerator and could help test theories about the strong nuclear force
High-resolution images suggest the star spewed out so much dust that its brightness dropped by two thirds in 2020
A trove of new detections suggests that the bursts could be the result of at least two separate astrophysical phenomena
Their structures were once controversial. Now researchers have discovered quasicrystals in the aftermath of a 1945 bomb test
Experimental anomalies have sent researchers scrambling to concoct new explanations
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