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UCSB’s David Gross receives Special Breakthrough Award in Fundamental Physics – edhat

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Portrait of David Gross with the Breakthrough Prize text overlaid

Written by Sherry Leachman, UCSB The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced physicist David J. Gross of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as the recipient of the 2026 Breakthrough Prize, which recognizes scientists whose discoveries significantly advance the growth of human knowledge. The Breakthrough Prize, commonly known as … Read more

A new breakthrough in quantum computing could completely change the cost of computers – BGR

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Abstract representation of quantum entanglement

Quantum computers, once thought to be decades away, are now much closer than expected thanks to the work of researchers at the California Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich. Quantum computers are causing a huge stir in the scientific and technical community because they have the potential to outperform … Read more