How quantum physics is making weapons smarter, not bigger
These advances could lead to dual-use risks as quantum tools can boost irregular warfare through cheap, portable jammers…
Trigger-based single photons generated on demand for quantum tech
Light already carries our phone calls, videos, and emails across the world through optical fibers, but the same…
China’s new quantum computer hits stability milestone, beating Google on efficiency
Chinese researchers have taken a major step in the global race to build practical quantum computers, becoming the…
The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025
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19.2-attosecond X-ray pulse lets scientists freeze electron motion
Electrons just got caught in the act. For decades, scientists have known that electrons quietly dictate almost everything,…
Low-threshold lasing from colloidal quantum dots under quasi-continuous-wave excitation
Chemicals Cadmium oxide (CdO, 99.5%, trace metals basis), zinc acetate 99.99%, trace metals basis), oleylamine (70%, technical grade),…
Qubits break long-held quantum limit by evolving in superposed time paths
For decades, physicists believed that even the strangest quantum objects had a hard limit on how strongly their…
Scientists crack the atomic code behind single-photon quantum emitters
Imagine a light switch so small it is made from just a few atoms, and so precise it…
Ultracold atoms reveal Shapiro effect that bridges two quantum worlds
Some of the most important quantum effects powering today’s technology happen on scales that are almost impossible to…
For the first time ever, researchers made a photon travel back in time
Shattered glass does not leap back into your hand. Smoke from a match does not gather itself and…
Next-generation quantum sensor sees the magnetic world in unprecedented detail
In labs around the world, scientists chase forces too faint to see and too small to touch. They…
Chinese team simulates quantum state that resists errors from start
Quantum computers promise to tackle problems that are unsolvable for today’s machines, but their basic units (qubits) are…