‘Quantum superchemistry’ breakthrough: Tech and Science Daily podcast

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Quantum superchemistry could help with future computer processing (PA)
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University of Chicago physicists have observed ‘quantum superchemistry’ for the first time - a phenomenon allowing tiny particles to react at ultra-cold temperatures.

It’s been suggested these molecules could in future be used as qubits - or basic units of information - in quantum supercomputers for processing data at unfathomably fast speeds.

Researchers say the study, 20 years in the making and published in the journal Nature, involved cooling down cesium atoms at absolute zero to coax them into a quantum state so they formed molecules.

Ninety-three people are confirmed to have died on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the deadliest US wildfires in more than a century.

Lahaina resident Sydney Carney describes how her home was destroyed, while the local restaurant owned by British rock star Mick Fleetwood, founder of Fleetwood Mac, also burned down.

University College London research suggests medics should offer depressed patients therapy to help overcome addictive social media use and improve their mental health.

Scientists searched more than 2,700 experimental studies and found those who limited their use of social media saw improvements in levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness.

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