Scientists discover needle-shaped quantum clusters
When most people think of gold, they picture jewelry or treasure. However, at the atomic scale, gold behaves…
Pressure induced superconductivity in hybrid Ruddlesden‒Popper La5Ni3O11 single crystals
Bednorz, J. G. & Müller, K. A. Possible high Tc superconductivity in the Ba–La–Cu–O system. Z. Phys. B:…
Friedel oscillations and chiral superconductivity in monolayer NbSe2
We consider the low-energy Hamiltonian for the metallic bands of monolayer NbSe2 $$\hat{H}={\sum} _{{{\bf{k}}},\sigma }{\xi }_{{{\bf{k}}},\sigma }{\hat{c}}_{{{\bf{k}}},\sigma }^{{\dagger}…
Transient domain boundary drives ultrafast magnetisation reversal
Time-resolved magnetic soft-X-ray spectroscopy We investigate a typical nanometre-scale heterostructure consisting of an amorphous ferrimagnetic Gd25Co75 alloy with…
3D-printed micro ion traps could solve quantum tech’s miniaturization problem
Comparison of ion trap variants. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09474-1 The existing bottleneck in efficiently miniaturizing components for…
What is the Nucleus Size of 3I/ATLAS? | by Avi Loeb | Sep, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size(Credit: Wikimedia) The biggest unresolved question about the interstellar…
Quantum Computers Mimic Black Holes To Probe Cosmic Secrets
A close-up of the trapped-ion quantum computer used to simulate quantum-information scrambling circuits. Credit: Quantinuum The difference between…
Floquet effects unlock graphene’s potential for future electronics
Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of Floquet states in graphene. Credit: Nature Physics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02939-0 Graphene is…
Physics pioneer key to microscopy ‘revolution in resolution’
An atom as seen in a field ion microscope. Credit: From the Eberly Family Special Collections, Penn State University…
German scientists debunk 200-year-old theory on why ice is slippery
Researchers in Germany have challenged a 200-year-old assumption and revealed that pressure and friction are not responsible for…
The universe’s first magnetic fields were ‘comparable’ to the human brain — and still linger within the ‘cosmic web’
The universe’s first magnetic fields may have been much weaker than we first imagined — and were roughly…
Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe
Ringbauer’s team was building a quantum computer that used not qubits but qudits — each with five possible…