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PPhysics Read More New Discovery In Laser Technology Could Change Everything For Quantum ComputingFebruary 1, 2026 pixalane/Shutterstock The idea behind quantum computing has existed…
PPhysics Read More The infant universe’s “primordial soup” was actually soupy » MIT PhysicsFebruary 1, 2026 MIT physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma,…
PPhysics Read More Scientists discover quantum particles remember past statesFebruary 1, 2026 Researchers have tracked a looping fractional charge in ultrathin carbon and seen it return with a consistent interference…
PPhysics Read More Scientists discover hidden geometry that bends electrons like gravityFebruary 1, 2026 How can information move at incredible speeds, or electricity flow without wasting energy? Answering these questions has pushed…
PPhysics Read More Observation of dissipationless fractional Chern insulatorFebruary 1, 2026 Neupert, T., Santos, L., Chamon, C. & Mudry, C. Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field. Phys.…
PPhysics Read More World-leading quantum physicist You Chenglong leaves US for Chinese research instituteFebruary 1, 2026 You, who was previously based at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, is regarded as a rising…
PPhysics Read More Supernova whose light will ‘reappear’ in 60 years could solve the biggest problem in cosmologyJanuary 31, 2026 Two incredibly rare supernovas that erupted billions of years ago provide a unique opportunity to explain cosmology’s biggest…
PPhysics Read More Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in quantum computing with ‘Zhuangzi 2.0’January 31, 2026 In the cinematic world of The Wandering Earth II, the super-intelligent AI “MOSS” navigates the impossible complexities of…
PPhysics Read More The Schrödinger equation just turned 100, and quantum physicists are still grappling with its mysteriesJanuary 31, 2026 A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted…
PPhysics Read More Collective photon emission and ferroelectric exciton ordering near Mott insulating state in WSe2/WS2 heterobilayersJanuary 31, 2026 Cai, J. et al. Signatures of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in twisted MoTe2. Nature 622, 63–68 (2023).…
PPhysics Read More Astronomers Discover Magnetic Highways in Galaxies Merging at 1.1 Million MPHJanuary 31, 2026 In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers has uncovered extraordinary details…