What Makes Us Human: Making as searching
“What Makes Us Human?” is a biweekly column in which Emi Sakamoto ’28 investigates the interdisciplinary criteria whereby…
Return of the Boltzmann Brains: Why a Bizarre Hypothesis Suggests the Past May Be Harder to Prove Than We Think
The idea that memories might not correspond to real events but could actually be illusions created by chance…
Tunable polaritonic topologies generated by non-local photonic modes
Topology provides a foundational framework for understanding a wide range of natural phenomena1,2,3. Among its key manifestations are…
Scientists put a tiny lump of metal in two places at once in record-breaking quantum experiment
Physicists have demonstrated that even tiny chunks of metal can behave according to the strange rules of quantum…
What is Quantum Entanglement?
Insider Brief Quantum entanglement describes correlated quantum states where measuring one particle affects the outcome of another, regardless…
In Quantum Gravity, the Cosmological Constant May Behave Similar To The Quantum Hall Effect
Trying to solve quantum gravity is frustrating. We have made tremendous progress in quantum theory, but it seems…
New ‘trick’ fixes major flaw in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to a superpowerful system
Researchers have created a new type of “quantum operation” that is dramatically more stable than previous methods. The…
Higher-order harmonics in Josephson tunnel junctions due to series inductance
Blais, A., Huang, R.-S., Wallraff, A., Girvin, S. M. & Schoelkopf, R. J. Cavity quantum electrodynamics for superconducting…
Laser mode braiding on a chip
Adams, C. C. The Knot Book (American Mathematical Society, 2004). Yang, Y. et al. Non-abelian physics in light…
Physicists May Be on the Verge of Discovering “New Physics” at CERN
Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have uncovered new hints that certain particle decays may not behave as…
Free Energy from the Vacuum? Warp Drive Pioneer Unveils Battery-Free ‘MicroSparc’ That Allegedly Draws Power from the Quantum Vacuum
Casimir Inc, a company founded and led by former DARPA-funded NASA warp drive pioneer and founder of the…
A new way to spot signs of dark matter | MIT News
Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter in the universe, but the only way…