Microlightning might provide long-sought explanation for will-o’-the-wisps
Microlightning between bubbles containing air and methane. Credit: Yu Xia For centuries, people have described strange blue balls…
Scientists finally prove that a quantum computer can unconditionally outperform classical computers
Comparison of classical one-way communication lower bounds for our problem and Hidden Matching, assuming implementation on a noiseless…
AI tensor network-based computational framework cracks a 100-year-old physics challenge
Schematic illustration of the tensor-train (TT) decomposition of the Boltzmann tensor F and its application to computing the…
Astronomers determine new origins of double-peaked emission lines in galactic centers
Simulating the full band light emitted by a binary supermassive black hole system in a transparent medium, observed…
Terahertz spectroscopy reveals how plant leaves manage water through stomatal openings
Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20219-y How do plants breathe? When do they open and close the tiny…
Electrically tunable metasurface unlocks real-time THz holography
The proposed ‘microladder’ metasurface has a THz response that can be electrically controlled, making it ideal for holographic…
Quantum error correction codes enable efficient scaling to hundreds of thousands of qubits
The proposed error-correction codes are scalable to hundreds of thousands of qubits and are highly efficient, serving as…
High-order analysis reveals more signs of phase-change ‘turbulence’ in nuclear matter
The STAR detector at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory Members of the…
Uranian moon Ariel’s surface features point to a past ocean over 100 miles deep
New research suggests that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, might have once harbored an ocean about 100 miles…
World’s most sensitive detector tightens the net on on elusive dark matter
The outer detector of the LZ dark matter experiment. Credit: Matt Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Laboratory Determining the nature…
Quantum computer exhibit at O’Hare seeks to make the technology tangible
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of…
Key genes identified in insect death triggered by extreme stress
Credit: Egor Kamelev from Pexels Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified genes and signaling pathways that trigger…