Optical control of integer and fractional Chern insulators
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Realization of two-dimensional discrete time crystals with anisotropic Heisenberg coupling
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The Amazing Maser | Hackaday
While it has become a word, laser used to be an acronym: “light amplification by stimulated emission of…
Exposing life’s limits with dimensionless numbers
A crude device for quantification shows how diverse aspects of distantly related organisms reflect the interplay of the…
Physicists Say They May Have Found a Portal to a Fifth Dimension Where Dark Matter Could Be Hiding
A group of researchers from Spain and Germany believe that dark matter could be made of fermions that…
‘Scars’ in the cosmos Left From the Early Universe Could Enable Us to Travel Through Time
A decades-old idea is quietly regaining attention in theoretical physics: ancient structures embedded in the universe’s fabric could…
Our Universe has light not by chance but by necessity
Light is one aspect of the Universe that, for most people, holds a deep and noticeable value in…
Here’s Why I Wouldn’t Touch D-Wave Quantum With a 10-Foot Pole
This stock is a textbook example of hype getting too far ahead of reality. In principle, quantum computing…
An ultra-high-resolution map of (dark) matter
Massey, R. et al. The Shear Testing Programme 2: factors affecting high-precision weak-lensing analyses. Mon. Not. R. Astron.…
China develops all-superconducting magnet with magnetic field 700,000 stronger than Earth's – news.cgtn.com
China develops all-superconducting magnet with magnetic field 700,000 stronger than Earth’s news.cgtn.comChina achieves major breakthrough in all-superconducting magnet news.cgtn.comChina is…
In a laboratory, they manage to teleport quantum information between photons born in different crystals, and the technical detail that makes this possible sounds like the internet of the future
In a lab in Stuttgart, physicists have quietly pulled off something that once belonged in science fiction. They…
New fear unlocked: runaway black holes
Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond.…