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Researchers Argue Black Holes Will Destroy All Quantum StatesNew calculations suggest that the event horizons will eventually “decohere” quantum possibilities—even those that are far away.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Thomas Lewton Powered by WPeMatico
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Mathematicians Find an Infinity of Possible Black Hole ShapesIn three-dimensional space, the surface of a black hole must be a sphere. But in higher dimensions, an infinite number of configurations are possible.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Steve Nadis Powered by WPeMatico
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How Quantum Physicists ‘Flipped Time’ (and Didn’t)In 2022, two teams made photons act as if time were simultaneously flowing in both directions, which could point to a way to boost quantum devices.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Charlie Wood Powered by WPeMatico
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The Physics Principle That Inspired Modern AI ArtDiffusion models generate incredible images by learning to reverse the process that, among other things, causes ink to spread through water.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Anil Ananthaswamy Powered by WPeMatico
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‘Nasty’ Geometry Breaks a Decades-Old Tiling ConjectureMathematicians predicted that if they imposed enough restrictions on how a shape might tile space, they could force a periodic pattern to emerge. They were wrong.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Jordana Cepelewicz Powered by WPeMatico
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You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right ShelterThe escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Ramin Skibba Powered by WPeMatico
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Why This Universe? Maybe It’s Not Special—Just ProbableTwo physicists find that our universe has a higher entropy—and is therefore more likely—than alternative possible universes.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Charlie Wood Powered by WPeMatico
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A Teenager Solved a Stubborn Prime Number ‘Look-Alike’ RiddleIn his senior year of high school, Daniel Larsen proved a key theorem about Carmichael numbers—strange entities that mimic the primes.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Jordana Cepelewicz Powered by WPeMatico
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How to Measure Ripples in SpacetimeUsing the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Benjamin Skuse Powered by WPeMatico
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A Crucial Particle Physics Computer Program Risks ObsolescenceMaintenance of FORM, the 1980s software that’s used for the field’s hardest calculations, rests almost entirely with one septuagenarian physicist.https://www.wired.com/feedFeed: All LatestChannel DescriptionTechnology124Matt von Hippel Powered by WPeMatico
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