
Google's neural networks invent their own encryption
26 October 2016
Using machine learning, computers have come up with codes that let them send secret messages to each other – but they’re still a long way off humans

26 October 2016
Using machine learning, computers have come up with codes that let them send secret messages to each other – but they’re still a long way off humans

19 September 2016
Two groups have set a new record for quantum teleportation, setting the stage for encoded communications networks that stretch between cities

19 August 2016
By placing the order of two events into a quantum superposition, physicists have probed the nature of causality

1 July 2016
Medical researchers are using virtual reality to create accurate, explorable versions of our insides. Alice Klein goes for a walk

2 September 2015
A century-long debate about whether quantum mechanics described reality or masked a deeper layer, as Einstein suggested, has concluded – quantum reality won

28 August 2015
A century-long debate about whether quantum mechanics described reality or masked a deeper layer, as Einstein suggested, has concluded – quantum reality won

22 July 2015
The weirdness of quantum teleportation offers a solution for getting information out of a black hole, should you have dropped something in there

24 July 2013
A new theory of quantum gravity says the universe may get its structure from quantum entanglement, which also fills the cosmos with wormholes

24 July 2013
Teenagers of the future, split apart by warring families, could be reunited in wormholes, thanks to a new theory of quantum gravity

17 July 2013
A cryptography scheme works even after the delicate entanglement that enables it has been destroyed – suggesting the property is more practical than thought