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Finally, a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

June 21, 2018
Early on in the study of quantum computers, computer scientists posed a question whose answer, they knew, would reveal something deep about the power of these futuristic machines. Twenty-five years later, it’s been all but solved. In a paper posted online at the...
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Nima Arkani-Hamed on the End of Spacetime

June 20, 2018
Nima Arkani-Hamed , Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, delivered the public lecture “The End of Spacetime” at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, CA, on June 19. Watch Arkani-Hamed discuss the union of quantum mechanics and gravity, prospects for spacetime, and...
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School of Social Science Releases Four Occasional Papers in Ongoing Series

June 18, 2018
The School of Social Science has released the following four Occasional Papers : The Economy of the Mysteries: Administering Sacramental Wealth in the Age of Lights by Charly Coleman , Member in the School of Social Science, and Assistant Professor...
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Exiled in the U.S., a Lawyer Warns of ‘China’s Long Arm’

June 15, 2018
"China’s rising threat to international freedom and democracy has become a hot topic,” said Teng Biao , a Chinese human rights lawyer and former Visitor in the School of Social Science, in an interview about the country's influence in the West. Read more at...
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