European scientists create ‘little Big Bang’ to study the universe’s origins
Scientists in Europe have recreated a “little” version of what the universe may have looked like right after…
IBM quantum computer solves classically intractable problem in 15 minutes
Scientists used a new error correction strategy to encode 70 logical qubits and tackle a problem considered classically…
Physicists predicted in 1936 that a powerful magnetic field could turn empty space into a kind of prism — and on August 5, 2026, observations of a magnetar with a field more than a trillion times Earth’s produced the strongest evidence yet that they were right.
About 13,000 light-years away, give or take the spread in astronomical distance estimates, a stellar remnant is turning…
How many cosmic particles are passing through your body at any moment?
Every second of every day, Earth is bombarded by particles from outer space. Some of these particles are…
The universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holes
Astronomers estimate that about 40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes exist within the observable universe, a number written as…
Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion
Two remarkably successful theories explain nearly everything we observe in the universe, from tiny atoms and molecules to…
From cello tape to bottles, Bengaluru students put physics in action at planetarium exhibition
BENGALURU: Transparent sticky tape, discarded plastic bottles and lightweight ping-pong balls stepped out of everyday clutter and onto…
Random walks get pushy | Santa Fe Institute
When physicists study a “random walk,” they’re investigating the path followed when you’re allowed to take each step…
Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find : ScienceAlert
Graphene is a very special material, only one atom thick. It has a rare combination of properties, including…
Quantum Simulators Put a 40-Year-Old Physics Theory to the Test
This AI image shows a chain of strontium atoms (orange), each held in an optical tweezer (blue cones).…
Before he was old enough to drive, a 14-year-old talked a university physics department into lending him a sub-basement — the machine he assembled there fused atoms in a plasma hotter than the sun’s core and made him the youngest person ever to achieve nuclear fusion
The first physicist Taylor Wilson pitched turned him down flat. Friedwardt Winterberg, an eminent professor at the University…
Michaela Eichinger (Quantum Machines): Why classical compute and HPC integration will define useful quantum
Yuval Boger interviews Michaela Eichinger, a product solutions physicist at Quantum Machines and the author of a widely…