quantum-computing breakthroughs pose imminent risks to cybersecurity
Cloudflare is one of several cybersecurity companies now reassessing their timelines to provide protection against quantum hacking.Credit: Richard…
Why some cancer-fighting immune cells lose their strength inside tumours
Dendritic cells (artist’s impression) use their tentacle-like projections to display protein fragments, triggering other immune cells to launch…
Angle evolution of the superconducting phase diagram in twisted bilayer WSe2
Xia, Y. et al. Superconductivity in twisted bilayer WSe2. Nature 637, 2025–838 (2025). Article Google Scholar Guo, Y.…
A two-mode thermomechanically squeezed phonon laser
To create a multimode optomechanical system, a silica bead of nominal diameter 100 nm is levitated in high vacuum…
Nanoscale transfer-printed full-colour ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot LEDs
Meng, T. et al. Ultrahigh-resolution quantum-dot light-emitting diodes. Nat. Photon. 16, 297–303 (2022). Article ADS CAS Google Scholar Lin,…
Entanglement and electronic coherence in attosecond molecular photoionization
Attosecond pulses produced by high-harmonic generation (HHG) consisting of extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation can ionize any conceivable compound, leading…
Electric dipole moment drives the dynamics of the TNFR1 complex I signalosome
Micheau, O. & Tschopp, J. Induction of TNF receptor I-mediated apoptosis via two sequential signaling complexes. Cell 114,…
Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization
Animals Male and female C57BL/6J mice (8 to 12 weeks old; Janvier Labs, France) or DAT-iCre mice on…
Moiré engineering of Cooper-pair density modulation states
Kong, L. et al. Cooper-pair density modulation state in an iron-based superconductor. Nature 640, 55–61 (2025). Article ADS …
physicist who brought quantum theory to the macro world
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Originally educated as a philosopher, Anthony (Tony) Leggett later switched…
Eye drops made from pig semen deliver cancer treatment to mice
The retina is hard to penetrate with drugs because it has a protective barrier.Credit: Paul Whitten/Science Photo Library…
Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification
SiO2 accounts for up to 60% of the Earth’s crust, primarily in minerals such as olivine and pyroxene1.…