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IBM Quantum Computer Accurately Simulates Real Magnetic Materials, Reproducing National Laboratory Data

March 27, 2026

• Team from U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center demonstrates quantum computers can perform material simulation that…

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The Hubble Deep Field. Each smudge of light a galaxy containing billions of stars. Measuring how fast the universe is expanding has become one of astronomy's greatest unsolved arguments (Credit : NASA/ESA/STSci)

March 27, 2026

Douglas Adams told us the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. If only cosmology were…

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Amateur image of γ Cassiopeia and the associated nebulae IC63 and IC59. The bright star due south of Gamma Cassiopeia is HD 5408 (Credit : Neil Michael Wyatt)

March 26, 2026

Some stars are famous for what they do, Gamma Cas on the other hand is famous for what…

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Contact-triggered molecular interactions enable structural refinement of perovskite layers in solar cells

March 26, 2026

Materials Urea, potassium chloride (KCl, 99.999%), thioglycolic acid, hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 99.8%), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO,…

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March 26, 2026

Scientists in the US have uncovered a rare quantum material capable of switching between two distinct electronic states…

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Topological soliton frequency comb in nanophotonic lithium niobate

March 26, 2026

Fortier, T. & Baumann, E. 20 years of developments in optical frequency comb technology and applications. Commun. Phys.…

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Tunable and nonlinearity-enhanced dispersive-plus-dissipative coupling in photon-pressure circuits

March 26, 2026

Device and setup Our photon-pressure device, discussed in Fig. 1 and Supplementary Notes 2 and 3, comprises a low-frequency LC…

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Morrell et al. observed a new type of time crystal -- one whose particles levitate on a cushion of sound while interacting with each other by exchanging sound waves. Image credit: David Song / NYU.

March 26, 2026

A team of scientists at New York University has created a version of the exotic phase of matter…

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Single-atomic-ion detection with plasmon-enhanced whispering-gallery-mode microlasers

March 26, 2026

Toropov, N. et al. Review of biosensing with whispering-gallery mode lasers. Light Sci. Appl. 10, 42 (2021). Article …

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Superluminal correlations in ensembles of optical phase singularities

March 25, 2026

Embon, L. et al. Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices. Nat. Commun. 8, 85…

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March 25, 2026

It makes sense to squeeze every last drop of milk into our coffee and drizzle the remains of our…

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March 25, 2026

A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but…

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