Quantum PhysicsSeptember 27, 2023
To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past
Quantum algorithms can find their way out of mazes exponentially faster than classical ones, at the cost of forgetting the paths they took
Stories by Ben Brubaker
Ben Brubaker is a freelance science journalist whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, Quanta Magazine, and The Conversation, as well as on his blog Measuring in Reflection. He has a PhD in physics from Yale University and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Follow him on Twitter.
CosmologyMay 4, 2022
Canadian Telescope Delivers Deepest-Ever Radio View of Cosmic Web
Data from the CHIME radio observatory are a milestone in the quest to discover the hidden origins of universal structure
The SciencesMarch 10, 2021
Physicists Measure the Gravitational Force between the Smallest Masses Yet
A laboratory experiment captured the pull between two minuscule gold spheres, paving the way for experiments that probe the quantum nature of gravity