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Using IBM's quantum computer, scientists say they have shown in three different experiments that quantum computers can outpace classical machines in useful computations.

Paradoxically, suppressing wildfires has also made European countries more vulnerable to huge blazes like those seen in France and Spain this week. With global warming also amplifying the danger, some experts are calling...

Global warming may make it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes to survive in parts of Africa, but could also shift the problem to less affected areas

How to watch "Secrets of the Great White Kill", as Riley Elliott and Kori Burkhardt set out to capture never-before-seen great white hunting techniques.

Surgery that aims to enhance the clearance of Alzheimer's-associated proteins from the brain has been banned in China, but only after thousands of people had the procedure

Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered a new type of quantum light emitter in diamonds that could help overcome a number of cha...

The total solar eclipse on 12 August will only be visible to a lucky few, but eclipses happen all over the world - here are the next ones to look out for, wherever you may be

Topological photonics can force propagating light to travel in a single direction-allowing researchers to route optical signals around corners and past defects without any of it scattering backward. So far, however, this...

In mathematics and getting dressed, some processes are commutative, while others are noncommutative. Commutative means the order doesn't matter (3 + 2 is the same as 2 + 3, and it doesn't matter which sock goes o...

In this extract from Peter Hellers novel, the August read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to pilot Hig, who lives alone after most of the world was killed in a superflu pandemic

Set in an empty world after a superflu pandemic wipes out most of humanity, Peter Heller's The Dog Stars - the August read for the New Scientist Book Club - will be released as a film later this month. He reveals how...

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To predict when well have a truly useful quantum computer, we need to know precisely what one is. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan finds thats harder to pin down than you might think