Old-school material could power quantum computing and cut data center energy use
a) Phase-field simulated values of the in-plane polarization, Px, as a function of temperature, reflecting the degree of…
Scientists Reveal the Fluid Physics Behind Why Sighs Feel So Damn Good
The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how…
Monopole-mediated light control of half skyrmion topology in nematic liquid crystals
Creation of topological monopole-antimonopole pairs in half skyrmions Topological defects, which are a necessary result of broken continuous…
Moving Abrikosov vortex lattices generate sub-40-nm magnons
Fabrication of the microwave nano-antenna The fabrication of the experimental system began with the deposition of a 40/5 nm…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…
New Low-Cost, Efficient Single-Photon Source for Powering Future Quantum Internet
Insider Brief Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed a fiber-coupled single-photon source that generates single photons…
Physicists rewrite 200-year-old principle to unlock atomic engines
A research team in Germany has achieved a stunning theoretical breakthrough that could reshape one of physics’ oldest…
What Happened to Those “Little Red Dots” Webb Observed?
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began operations, one of its earliest surveys was of galaxies that…
Optically-biased Rydberg microwave receiver enabled by hybrid nonlinear interferometry
Comparison between superhet and optical-bias MW detection setupsConventional Rydberg superhet Let us start by recalling the standard atomic…
Sean Carroll: Can we ever escape the logic of a clockwork universe?
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Piezo1 regulates the mechanotransduction of soft matrix viscoelasticity
Cell response to matrix viscoelasticity is stiffness- and Piezo1-dependent Two different hydrogel pairs were synthesised by mixing different…
German Scientists Transmit Single Photons From a Plane to Earth for Ultra-Secure Communication
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 German researchers successfully transmitted individual photons from a moving aircraft to a ground station.…