Scientists watch electrons assemble and reassemble in real time
A new experiment offers scientists an unprecedented look at how different electronic phases emerge, disappear, and re-form inside…
What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force
In a historic breakthrough, a Chinese-led international team of scientists has confirmed the existence of the glueball –…
Glueball Confirmed: Particle Made of Pure Force Closes Fifty-Year Physics Search
In a special plenary session at ICHEP 2026 — the world’s premier particle physics conference, held in Natal,…
Quantum mechanics rules out a final theory of the universe
Some physicists such as Sean Carroll argue that the entire universe can be described as just a quantum…
Matt Kinsella (Infleqtion): Why Neutral Atoms Power Sensors, Clocks, and Computers Alike
Yuval Boger interviews Matt Kinsella, CEO of Infleqtion. They discuss Infleqtion’s neutral-atom strategy, including its combination of quantum…
Time-domain identification of distinct mechanisms for competing charge density waves in a rare-earth tritelluride
Goldenfeld, N. Lectures on Phase Transitions and the Renormalization Group (CRC Press, 2018). Zong, A. et al. Dynamical…
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability seen on the Sun
The surface of the Sun has been photographed in more detail than ever before, and it turns out…
Researchers Map the Hidden 3D Geometry of a Quantum Wavefunction
An illustration of how researchers used state-of-the-art photoelectron spectroscopy (left-hand side) with a lab-based soft-X-ray light source that…
This tiny gold crystal could bring quantum technology out of the deep freeze
Quantum materials could reshape fields as varied as high-performance computing, secure communication, sensitive detection, and energy production. Yet…
Constantine Koukias’s Vast a sensory evocation of universe ecstasy
It turns out the solipsists are right: we are all, each, at the centre of the universe. That…
Sunlight creates quantum entanglement once thought to require lasers
Many of today’s quantum technologies depend on powerful lasers that consume significant amounts of energy. As these systems…
IonQ creating research, development center in Chattanooga
Maryland-based IonQ announced this week a new $15 million, five-year commitment to establish a quantum communications research center in Chattanooga.…