“Shadow Blaster” Galaxy Might Have Sent High-Energy Neutrino to Earth
This series of images zooms in on the Shadow Blaster galaxy, seen at submillimeter wavelengths (gold). The leftmost…
Top quantum computer expert claims Microsoft’s ‘topological qubit’ doesn’t hold up
A top quantum computing expert assails Microsoft’s claims that it has a “topological qubit,” arguing in a new…
How Physicists Track and Trap the Elusive Neutrino
Seventy years ago, the physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines took a custom-built 10-ton detector, surrounded it with…
The first ticking ‘nuclear clocks’ are here
Two teams of physicists have made the world’s first nuclear clocks. These radical new devices keep time using…
New superconducting X-ray detector is up to 1,000 times more sensitive
A major new tool for X-ray research has entered service at BESSY II. Developed through a collaboration between…
Harvesting UV Light from sunlight just got ‘solid’
image: A new solid-state material from Kyushu University turns visible light into high-energy UV at sunlight intensity. By…
Inertial migration of spherical particle in shear flow of shear-thinning fluids | Journal of Fluid Mechanics
3.1. Effect of Carreau number, viscosity ratio and power-law index We begin by examining the influence of shear…
New superconducting X-ray detector is up to 1,000 times more sensitive
A major new tool for X-ray research has entered service at BESSY II. Developed through a collaboration between…
Sterically protected π-electron systems for efficient solid-state photon upconversion
Takata, T. et al. Photocatalytic water splitting with a quantum efficiency of almost unity. Nature 581, 411–414 (2020).…
New solid-state material turns ordinary sunlight to powerful ultraviolet photon
Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have created a novel solid-state molecular material that can literally add two…
IQM Says New Quantum Codes Cut Logical Error Rates by Up to 1,000 Times
Insider Brief IQM Quantum Computers reported a quantum error-correction advance using directional tile codes, a new family of…
The Poop Emoji Got Gravity Right, Physicists Find
The poop emoji accurately captures the typical poop shape in nature formed by the downward pull of gravity.…