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  1. tweezers hold a diamond sensor as light shines through
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    This environmentally friendly quantum sensor runs on sunlight

    Quantum sensors often rely on power-hungry lasers to make measurements. A new quantum magnetometer uses sunlight to measure magnetic fields instead.

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  2. an experiment that uses strontium ions to test quantum entanglement
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    Quantum entanglement makes quantum communication even more secure

    Bell tests proved that quantum mechanics really is “spooky.” Now they’ve made quantum communication even more hacker-proof.

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  3. a test of a quantum communications satellite. Various towers and lights are shown against a backdrop of a time-lapsed night sky
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    Aliens could send quantum messages to Earth, calculations suggest

    Scientists are developing quantum communications networks on Earth. Aliens, if they exist, could be going further.

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  4. Part of Google's Sycamore quantum computer
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    Quantum physics exponentially improves some types of machine learning

    It wasn’t entirely clear if quantum computers could improve machine learning in practice, but new experiments and theoretical proofs show that it can.

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  5. a quantum gravity sensor comprised of a black box connected to a cylinder sits on a sidewalk
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    A new gravity sensor used atoms’ weird quantum behavior to peer underground

    Quantum sensors promise to be more accurate and stable in the long run than other gravity probes.

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  6. black and white image of Niels Bohr standing in front of a chalkboard
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    ‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics

    In his new book, philosopher Slobodan Perović corrects misconceptions about physicist Niels Bohr’s work.

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  7. New experiment demonstrates quantum boomerang effect
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    The quantum ‘boomerang’ effect has been seen for the first time

    Jostled particles return to their starting points in certain materials, an experiment reveals, confirming theoretical predictions.

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  8. image of two red spheres warping a black and white spacetime grid
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    Quantum particles can feel the influence of gravitational fields they never touch

    A quantum phenomenon predicted in 1959, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, also applies to gravity.

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  9. illustration of two arched doorways showing a tree in day and night
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    A century of quantum mechanics questions the fundamental nature of reality

    A century after the quantum revolution, a lot of uncertainty remains.

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