China claims new photonic quantum computer leaves US rivals behind
Jiuzhang 4.0, China’s latest photonic quantum computer, is staking a claim to quantum supremacy. The photonic supercomputer completed…
World’s largest operating tokamak restarts with 8-meter coils upgrade
European and Japanese teams have begun the integrated commissioning of the JT-60SA tokamak to test its systems before…
First-ever direct image of the cosmic web reveals the Universe’s hidden highways
Scientists have produced the clearest view ever of part of the cosmic web, the enormous hidden network of…
Black holes ring like bells – and scientists mapped the vibrations
After two black holes collide, the resulting object vibrates as it settles down. Those vibrations carry information about…
Neutral-Atom Quantum: What Is It, And Why Infleqtion Stands Out
Infleqtion at a Glance Infleqtion Late last year, I wrote a Forbes piece about IBM, the leader in…
Faint black hole ‘ringing’ provides a sharper test of Einstein’s gravity
When two black holes crash together, the violence does not end at impact. The newly formed black hole…
Quiz of the week: what technique may be able to create super-high laser intensities? – Physics World
Quiz of the week: what technique may be able to create super-high laser intensities? – Physics World Skip…
A New Theory of Dark Matter Could Solve Three Cosmic Mysteries
Dark Matter, the mysterious invisible mass theorized to account for 85% of matter in the Universe, continues to…
Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand
The two mini-mega magnets – credit, CC 4.0. Int – Science Advances (2026). DOI 10.1126sciadv.adz5826 In an extraordinary…
Spatially anisotropic Kondo resonance coupled with the superconducting gap in a kagome metal
Stewart, G. R. Unconventional superconductivity. Adv. Phys. 66, 75–196 (2017). Article ADS Google Scholar Scalapino, D. J. A…
All-optical control of antiferromagnetic domains via an inverse optical magnetoelectric effect
Kimel, A. V. & Li, M. Writing magnetic memory with ultrashort light pulses. Nat. Rev. Mater. 4, 189–200…
The universe is significantly older than previously thought, astronomers find
Galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope have been causing trouble for the standard story of cosmic…