A New View Of The “Cosmic Grapes” Is Challenging Our Theories Of How Galaxies Form
Thanks to the natural magnification from gravitational lensing, researchers have been able to study a small galaxy from…
The particle that may finally unlock universal quantum computing
Quantum computers promise speed, but they still struggle with reliability. Qubits are sensitive, and small disturbances can scramble…
Scientists find new quantum behavior in unusual superconducting material
Electronic structure of CsCr₃Sb₅. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62298-5 Researchers at Rice University and collaborating institutions have…
Scientists use micro-structured materials to control light propagation
Credit: Rao et al. Physical Review Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1103/3g3j-mnh9 Topological spin textures, spatially organized patterns linked to…
Near-infrared photon-triggered CH4-to-CH3OH conversion over plasmonic oxyselenides
Structural and photo-physical characterizations The crystal structure of triclinic CuSeO3 with space group P1 is illustrated in Fig. 1a.…
Orbital Hall effect shows how defects can improve spintronic devices
Characterization of current-induced spin and orbital torques in SRO heterostructures. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02326-3. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02326-3 Scientists…
Gravity vs Quantum Physics: Researchers Say They are Closing in on “One of the Most Important Outstanding Problems”
In a new roundup of promising advances in quantum physics, researchers are revealing the upcoming cutting-edge studies they…
Unified theory may reveal more superconducting materials
PBE predicted electron SNCDD in the 32-atom supercell of Pb (in yellow, with showing cut sections) with SODTs…
A Cosmic Noon Puzzle: Why Did Cosmic Noon Galaxies Emit So Many Cosmic Rays?
Answers to some of cosmology’s most pressing questions are obscured by simple dust. It concerns the Cosmic Noon,…
New Theory Points to the Universe’s Greatest Fireworks Show
Imagine the entire universe suddenly blazing with light in a flash that lasted just a brief moment in…
Unconventional scaling of the orbital Hall effect
Manchon, A. et al. Current-induced spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems. Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 035004 (2019).…
Using Grover’s algorithm to efficiently prepare collective quantum states in optical cavities
Grover’s algorithm, a quantum algorithm for search, can be used to prepare entangled states of many qubits efficiently.…