Preparation guide developed as Mars samples await transport to Earth
This formation, called Cheyava Falls, is located in the Bright Angel region of Jezero Crater, where Perseverance took…
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…
What made the moon?
Credit: NASA Our moon—or la Luna—has inspired humankind for millennia. It’s largely agreed that the moon was created…
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…
Genetic secrets of one of world’s rarest penguins revealed
Researchers have revealed the endangered hoiho is actually made up of three distinct subspecies which diverged up to…
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…