Physicists Find Useful Energy Hiding in Quantum “Waste Heat”
An atom in a cavity between two mirrors (left) acts as a heat engine in a driven-dissipative quantum…
Rice University physicists used a grain-of-sand-sized magnet levitated above a superconductor cooled to near absolute zero to search for ultraheavy dark matter. Results presented in September 2026 found no signal but probed particles approximately 10 million times heavier than those examined in previous levitated-particle experiments.
A tiny magnet floating above a superconductor has given physicists a way to test an unusually heavy set…
In 2026, physicists allowed an Alcubierre-shaped warp field to evolve instead of holding its bubble profile artificially fixed, and found that it became unstable: nearby trajectories crossed to form caustics, making the velocity field multivalued unless some still-unknown physics could stabilize it.
A warp bubble can look orderly when its shape is prescribed in advance. A 2026 study asked what…
Largest-Ever Physics Survey Raises New Doubts About Our Model of the Universe
A global survey of physicists reveals strikingly little consensus on some of the deepest questions in modern physics,…
World`s first diamond quantum computer could have 1,000 logical qubits
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has developed the world’s first working diamond-spin quantum computer prototype that incorporates tin-vacancy (SnV)…
A cascaded random access quantum memory
Ofek, N. et al. Extending the lifetime of a quantum bit with error correction in superconducting circuits. Nature…
Scientists observe Einstein’s gravity in the quantum world for the first time
An international team that includes Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose has directly observed a long-predicted gravitational…
Scientists Reversed a Law of Physics by Scrambling Cause and Effect
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists just discovered that the second law of thermodynamics…
Some Black Holes Grow Much Faster Than Their Galaxies
Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole. The few that don’t have had theirs ejected during a…
Game On: Quantinuum Demonstrates Exponential Edge Over Classical Strategies
Insider Brief Quantinuum researchers demonstrated an exponentially growing quantum advantage in a game that can be verified efficiently…
The rise of ‘quantum gravity?’ Einstein’s theory seen in the quantum realm for 1st time
Scientists have spotted the first hints that Albert Einstein’s formulation of gravity operates in the quantum realm. The…
46 years ago, Carl Sagan beautifully explained the fourth dimension using a sliced apple
How do you explain the concept of a fourth dimension to humans who are only able to see…