Scientists discover quantum particles remember past states
Researchers have tracked a looping fractional charge in ultrathin carbon and seen it return with a consistent interference…
Scientists discover hidden geometry that bends electrons like gravity
How can information move at incredible speeds, or electricity flow without wasting energy? Answering these questions has pushed…
Observation of dissipationless fractional Chern insulator
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World-leading quantum physicist You Chenglong leaves US for Chinese research institute
You, who was previously based at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, is regarded as a rising…
Supernova whose light will ‘reappear’ in 60 years could solve the biggest problem in cosmology
Two incredibly rare supernovas that erupted billions of years ago provide a unique opportunity to explain cosmology’s biggest…
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum computing with ‘Zhuangzi 2.0’
In the cinematic world of The Wandering Earth II, the super-intelligent AI “MOSS” navigates the impossible complexities of…
The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, and quantum physicists are still grappling with its mysteries
A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted…
Collective photon emission and ferroelectric exciton ordering near Mott insulating state in WSe2/WS2 heterobilayers
Cai, J. et al. Signatures of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted MoTe2. Nature 622, 63–68 (2023).…
Astronomers Discover Magnetic Highways in Galaxies Merging at 1.1 Million MPH
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers has uncovered extraordinary details…
A free energy landscape analysis of resistance fluctuations in a memristive device
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Lattice surgery realized on two distance-three repetition codes with superconducting qubits
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New optical method bypasses light’s limit by 100,000× to image atoms
For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the tiny world. Microscopes use…