New Advances Bring the Age of Quantum Computing Closer Than Ever | Quanta Magazine

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In a white paper written on the same day as the Caltech paper, Gidney and his colleagues announced that they had developed a new method for breaking ECC that was at least 10 times more efficient than previous methods. They estimate that most cryptocurrencies would provide seconds to a machine with less than 500,000 qubits. … Read more

40,000 hand-raised baby corals bring hope to Great Barrier Reef recovery

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Tens of thousands of baby corals, farmed or harvested from wild fish, have been transferred to the Great Barrier Reef. It is the first time that scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have been able to see how efforts to restore the reef work on a larger scale. “This year we have … Read more