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IBM Quantum Computer Accurately Simulates Real Magnetic Materials, Reproducing National Laboratory Data
• Team from U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center demonstrates quantum computers can perform material simulation that…
Antimatter takes to the road
Scientists at CERN have achieved a first: they have transported antimatter in a truck across the laboratory’s main…
The Star That Kept Its Secret for 50 Years
Some stars are famous for what they do, Gamma Cas on the other hand is famous for what…
Contact-triggered molecular interactions enable structural refinement of perovskite layers in solar cells
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Tunable and nonlinearity-enhanced dispersive-plus-dissipative coupling in photon-pressure circuits
Device and setup Our photon-pressure device, discussed in Fig. 1 and Supplementary Notes 2 and 3, comprises a low-frequency LC…
Single-atomic-ion detection with plasmon-enhanced whispering-gallery-mode microlasers
Toropov, N. et al. Review of biosensing with whispering-gallery mode lasers. Light Sci. Appl. 10, 42 (2021). Article …
Superluminal correlations in ensembles of optical phase singularities
Embon, L. et al. Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices. Nat. Commun. 8, 85…
“I don’t think humanity will survive the next thousand years”
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Physics answers a crucial kitchen question
It makes sense to squeeze every last drop of milk into our coffee and drizzle the remains of our…
US scientists discover material that switches quantum states on demand
Scientists in the US have uncovered a rare quantum material capable of switching between two distinct electronic states…
What physics says about dying
A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but…