Photoinduced twist and untwist of moiré superlattices
Cao, Y. et al. Correlated insulator behaviour at half-filling in magic-angle graphene superlattices. Nature 556, 80–84 (2018). Article …
Optimal scaling for magic state distillation in quantum computing achieved
Comparison of distillation protocols. The existing protocol exploits a distillation procedure using a fixed code to convert noisy…
Astronomers discover new pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source
Combined XMM-Newton EPIC image of NGC 4631 in the 0.3–10 keV band from the July 2025 observation. The…
Mathematicians Just Made a Huge Breakthrough in Wave Prediction
Questions? Just ask math! Photo: Unsplash Since mathematicians became a thing in Babylonia somewhere around 2000 BC, number…
scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics
In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture…
Exotic ‘time crystals’ could be used as memory in quantum computers, promising research finds
Time crystals could help create quantum computing data storage that lasts minutes, new research shows — a huge…
New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
They started by re-proving Hardt and Simon’s decades-old result in eight dimensions, this time using a different method…
On-site enhancement and control of spin-forbidden dark excitons in a plasmonic heterostructure
Mak, K. F., Lee, C., Hone, J., Shan, J. & Heinz, T. F. Atomically thin MoS2: a new…
Astronomers solve cosmic mystery surrounding two massive black holes that shouldn’t exist
Astronomers knew something did not add up when detectors picked up a vast cosmic crash in 2023. The…
The prize at the end of the quantum tunnel
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis “for…
First full simulation of 50-qubit universal quantum computer achieved
View between the racks of JUPITER. Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Sascha Kreklau A research team at the Jülich…
Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy – Physics World
Playing games by the quantum rulebook expends less energy – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…