New Advances Bring the Era of Quantum Computers Closer Than Ever
In a white paper posted the same day as the Caltech paper, Gidney and his collaborators announced that…
Trapped ion quantum technology gets smaller – Physics World
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New tweak to Einstein’s relativity could transform our understanding of the Big Bang
The Big Bang is often described as the moment everything began — a point of infinite density where…
Sir Anthony Leggett obituary: theoretical physicist
Anthony Leggett not only carved out a reputation as a pioneering theoretical physicist but in 2003 shared the…
Why Are Supermassive Black Holes Growing So Slowly?
As our powerful infrared telescopes allow astronomers to peer further and further back in time, they’ve discovered some…
These Pretty Light Cones Actually Represent Einstein’s Theory of Spacetime Relativity
Elliot McGucken These photos of 70-foot-tall light cones shimmering over the Californian desert may look beautiful, but scratch…
Rare Gravitational Wave Discovery May Hold the Key to First Evidence of Primordial Black Holes
esearchers may have detected the first direct evidence of primordial black holes, potentially reshaping our understanding of dark…
The Darkness Inside It : ScienceAlert
For the first time, physicists have observed that ‘holes’ in light can move faster than the light itself.…
Physicists just solved a strange fusion mystery that stumped experts
Scientists have struggled for years to explain a curious pattern inside tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines designed to one…
‘Project Hail Mary’s’ Relativity Problem Is More Complicated Than You Think
When Ryland Grace reaches Tau Ceti in Project Hail Mary, about four years have passed for his human…
New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang
One of the greatest unsolved problems in physics concerns unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity—two equally successful theories…
Astronomers Find a Third Galaxy Missing Its Dark Matter, Validating a Violent Cosmic Collision Theory
Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense…