{
  "id": 870867,
  "title": "Quantum Latin squares cannot solve Euler's 36 officers problem without entanglement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/quantum-latin-squares-cannot-solve-eulers-36-officers-problem-without",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-quantum-latin-squares-euler-officers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Latin squares are arrangements of symbols in a grid in which every symbol appears exactly once in each row and column. These symbol arrangements, which were first studied more than three centuries ago, are now widely used to optimize experimental designs and develop secure cryptographic systems, puzzles or other complex combinatorial structures.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}