World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine looks to transform quantum computing
A heat engine small enough to fit inside a superconducting circuit has converted heat into measurable work near…
Theory of Taylor bubble pinch-off in planar coflow | Journal of Fluid Mechanics
1. Introduction The dynamics of two-fluid capillary flows in channels and pipes underlies numerous applications in biophysics, microfluidics…
The Physicists India Makes For The World
Five teenagers swept gold at the International Physics Olympiad, the product of 27 years of quiet public investment.…
August’s solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity
On August 12 the sky will go dark for just two minutes and 18 seconds, at longest, across…
India Creates History At Physics Olympiad
All five Indian teenagers who competed at the International Physics Olympiad 2026 won gold medals; thanks to their…
Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman
Scientists say they have solved in detail what may be the most famous lawn-care-related problem in all of…
The Language of Quantum Computing Was Built in a Pasadena Office – Pasadena Now
John Preskill [photo credit: CALTECHTwo phrases now shape every serious conversation about quantum computing — when it will…
Physicists made a black hole out of light to test Stephen Hawking’s elusive radiation theory
Physicists have coaxed a black hole’s most famous glow out of a strand of optical fiber and, for…
All-mechanical coherence protection and fast control of a spin qubit
Schuetz, M. et al. Universal quantum transducers based on surface acoustic waves. Phys. Rev. X 5, 031031 (2015).…
Thermodynamic Computers Go With the (Energy) Flow
But how does lactase get this useful shape? It is encoded into the sequence of amino acids that…
Spiral Arms and Bars are Galactic Fuel Pumps for Star Formation
Peak star formation took place during the Cosmic Noon between two to three billion years after the Big…
Quantum statistical plasmonic metacrystals | Nature
The modern world has been shaped by semiconductor technologies, grounded in the intrinsic band structures of materials and…