Bridging light, microwaves and electrons for precision calibration
The photonic chip mounted on a custom holder. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62808-5 EPFL researchers have developed…
Interactive web tool brings quantum game theory concepts to life through music
At the 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity, Kobe University quantum engineer SOUMA Satofumi presents…
New Findings Say the First Stars in the Universe Were Born in Pairs
We are truly lucky to live in an age where modern instruments – like the James Webb Space…
Chiral molecules adhere to magnets
Fig. 1. Chiral molecules acquire spin through thermal vibration and adhere to magnets. Credit: Shinji Miwa / ISSP,…
Spin environment of a superconducting qubit in high magnetic fields
In Fig. 1 we present the field resilient gralmonium qubit, fabricated from a single layer of grAl (cf. Fig. 1a),…
Electromagnetic interference shielding using metal and MXene thin films
Joo, K. et al. High performance package-level EMI shielding of Ag epoxy composites with spray method for high…
Should we worry: Top physicists warn over mysterious object 3I/ATLAS reaching closest to Sun on October 29
A mysterious interstellar object discovered earlier this year, 3I/ATLAS, is set to reach its closest point to the…
Hybrid Frenkel–Wannier excitons facilitate ultrafast energy transfer at a 2D–organic interface
Sample preparation To fabricate the WSe2/PTCDA heterostructure (Extended Data Fig. 1a), hBN was first exfoliated onto a 0.1%…
Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum
The temporal coupled mode theory (TCMT) is a valuable tool for describing the underlying physics of such open…
Carlo Rovelli’s Radical Perspective on Reality
Sitting outside a Catholic church on the French Riviera, Carlo Rovelli jutted his head forward and backward, imitating…
If we look too hard for reality, we’ll fall into a black hole
Try to measure an object’s location too precisely, and you’ll collapse into a black hole. Physicist Daniel Carney…
Probing the fundamental nature of the Higgs Boson – Physics World
ATLAS researchers have provided compelling evidence for off-shell Higgs boson production with vastly increased confidence A proton-proton collision…