Potential dark matter detection gives scientists hope for study
Potential dark matter detection sparks hope in search for elusive substance Dark matter is invisible and makes up…
2D magnets convert microwaves to light for future quantum networks
A layered magnetic semiconductor could help solve one of the toughest problems in quantum networking. Researchers want to…
Quantum Simulation Explained: Applications, Methods and Challenges
Insider Brief Quantum simulation uses quantum computers to model molecules, materials and other quantum systems that can be…
Guest Post — The Quantum Inflection Point: Charting a Science-First Roadmap for the Nation
By Dr. Darío Gil, the Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy. His office is…
A 1,100 plasma campaign on a spherical tokamak in Oxfordshire hit the machine’s highest pressure without a single disruption, where the real result was 4 separate ways to tame the plasma edge
A vacuum vessel in Oxfordshire shaped less like a doughnut than a cored apple. Inside it the machine…
Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology
If some aspects of cosmic topology turn out to be true, the idea that starships might voyage the…
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the…
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Does gravity affect every type of particle in exactly the same way? Researchers at ETH Zurich and the…
Researchers Observe First Real-Time Quantum Jump in Sound
Insider Brief Stanford researchers directly observed individual phonons, or quantum units of sound, making discrete energy jumps in…
One precisely timed flip may make quantum information safe: Study
Under the right conditions, theoretical calculations showed a flip could prevent sudden death — an outcome researchers call…
CERN Physicists Find Evidence of One of Higgs Boson’s Rarest Decays
Physicists from the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have found evidence of the Higgs boson…
Navigating academia as a dual-career couple
Amy Lytle and Etienne Gagnon. (Photo by Deb Grove, Franklin & Marshall College.) Jessica Bickel and Thijs Heus.…