Physicists Find Useful Energy Hiding in Quantum “Waste Heat”
An atom in a cavity between two mirrors (left) acts as a heat engine in a driven-dissipative quantum…
Rice University physicists used a grain-of-sand-sized magnet levitated above a superconductor cooled to near absolute zero to search for ultraheavy dark matter. Results presented in September 2026 found no signal but probed particles approximately 10 million times heavier than those examined in previous levitated-particle experiments.
A tiny magnet floating above a superconductor has given physicists a way to test an unusually heavy set…
In 2026, physicists allowed an Alcubierre-shaped warp field to evolve instead of holding its bubble profile artificially fixed, and found that it became unstable: nearby trajectories crossed to form caustics, making the velocity field multivalued unless some still-unknown physics could stabilize it.
A warp bubble can look orderly when its shape is prescribed in advance. A 2026 study asked what…
World`s first diamond quantum computer could have 1,000 logical qubits
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has developed the world’s first working diamond-spin quantum computer prototype that incorporates tin-vacancy (SnV)…
Largest-Ever Physics Survey Raises New Doubts About Our Model of the Universe
A global survey of physicists reveals strikingly little consensus on some of the deepest questions in modern physics,…
Scientists Reversed a Law of Physics by Scrambling Cause and Effect
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists just discovered that the second law of thermodynamics…
The rise of ‘quantum gravity?’ Einstein’s theory seen in the quantum realm for 1st time
Scientists have spotted the first hints that Albert Einstein’s formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm. The…
Missing decay at BESIII points to long-sought glueball – Physics World
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Some Black Holes Grow Much Faster Than Their Galaxies
Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole. The few that don’t have had theirs ejected during a…
Superconducting circuits hit world’s first 3.8M junction density
Imec has demonstrated a world-first density for a superconducting circuit, packing 3.8 million Josephson junctions into one square…
Researchers shrink double-slit experiment to atomic scale – Physics World
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Kelvin–Helmholtz Instabilities Found To Drive Plasma Mixing On The Sun
As easy as the Sun is to observe, it’s simultaneously very hard to study due to how extreme…