Researchers unlocked a new shortcut to quantum materials
That idea may sound like fantasy, but it sits at the heart of an emerging area of physics…
Gravity Solved? This Wild New Idea Might Explain the Entire Universe in One Shot
A recent study proposes that gravity, the force shaping galaxies and anchoring planets, might not be fundamental after…
Physicists challenge a 200-year-old law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale
Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that the Carnot principle, a foundational rule of thermodynamics,…
Demonstration of low-overhead quantum error correction codes
Nielsen, M. A., Chuang, I. L. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010). Google Scholar Shor,…
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World
Modelling wavefunction collapse as a continuous flow yields insights on the nature of measurement – Physics World Skip…
There is no such thing as a “quantum un-do button” in nature, and that limitation could explain why your coffee cools down but never reheats on its own
For as long as people have dreamed about time machines, physics has wrestled with a strange mismatch between…
What If Outer Space Isn’t Empty? One Researcher Claims It’s Actually a Fluid
What if outer space isn’t empty, but behaves like a thick, slow-moving fluid? A new study suggests just…
New black hole discovery uncovers our failure to understand reality » IAI TV
Astronomers have observed the effects of a rapidly spinning black hole twisting the motion of matter around it,…
Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’, if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Two of the universe’s most mysterious particles may be colliding invisibly throughout the cosmos — a discovery that…
Theoretical study of laser-enhanced nuclear fusion reactions
image: The illustration depicts an intense laser field (red wave) interacting with Deuterium and Tritium nuclei. By modifying…
Orbital Seebeck effect induced by chiral phonons
Zhang, L. & Niu, Q. Chiral phonons at high-symmetry points in monolayer hexagonal lattices. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115,…
Superconductivity Breakthrough Brings Practical Use Closer than Ever, as Team Unveils “Hidden Magnetic Order in the Pseudogap”
In the quest for room-temperature superconductivity, an international team of physicists has uncovered a link between magnetism and…