Ultrafast X-rays capture chemistry unfolding atom by atom
Scientists have observed how energy moves through a molecule immediately after it absorbs light, revealing that individual atoms…
IBM and Algorithmiq Demonstrate Quantum Advantage, Establishing a Framework for Trusted Quantum Computation Beyond Classical Verification
A quantum simulation of heterogeneous matter, designed by Algorithmiq and executed on IBM quantum computers, continues to compete…
‘We’re fighting’: the physicists trying to save Jodrell Bank Observatory – The Times
‘We’re fighting’: the physicists trying to save Jodrell Bank Observatory The TimesWorld-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK…
Scientists unravel new physics after laser diffracts in chiral patters
Scientists at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) at the University of Tokyo in Japan have come across…
Quantum Physics Could Help Us Find Earth 2.0
When astronomers talk about directly imaging an exoplanet that is orbiting a far away star, the analogy they…
Ultrafast X-rays capture chemistry unfolding atom by atom
Scientists have observed how energy moves through a molecule immediately after it absorbs light, revealing that individual atoms…
Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
A clock aboard a fast-moving spacecraft does not break, lag or malfunction. It ticks normally for everyone inside.…
Meet IIT Kanpur professor HC Verma, who changed how millions learned physics
Before HC Verma wrote Concepts of Physics, one of India’s most influential textbooks, he noticed something troubling in…
Perpendicular switching of polarization in layered ferroelectrics
Lines, M. E. & Glass, A. M. Principles and Applications of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials (Oxford Univ. Press,…
Researchers break light symmetry with simple materials
Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back…
Quantum computing roundup: Still more technologies making waves
For qubits, the traps are far smaller and serve to hold a single electron in place. Critically, they…
Why Einstein’s theories of relativity make time travel possible
This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon.…