Quantum dynamics on your laptop? New technique moves us closer
The evolution of a single spin under coherent driving and spontaneous decay. TWA (solid lines) shows strong agreement…
Magnetic ‘switchback’ detected near Earth for the first time
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which consists of four spacecraft, is gathering information about magnetic reconnection around Earth. Credit:…
First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches
Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…
Study shows how to avoid that
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of forest-based projects funded through the sale of carbon credits shows that…
Analyses of moon’s largest impact crater reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past
The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the moon formed in a southward impact (toward…
Antarctic Ocean of the last ice age reveals how a critical process of CO₂ storage may slow again
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and,…
Programmable optical chip merges photons to change color
Illustration of the working principle and capabilities of a programmable nonlinear waveguide. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09620-9 Cornell…
Physicists improve precision of atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise
The new method, which the researchers dub “global phase spectroscopy,” offers a way to keep an atomic clock’s…
Some recommended US diets carry higher risk of forced labor in food supply chains
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many Americans choose food based on cost and nutrition, but personal values, such as…
Ancient Patagonian hunter-gatherers took care of their injured and disabled, study finds
Models of Care examples. “Mild” in A, B and C and “Moderate” in D and E. A) Fracture…
Likely origins of black hole collision with ‘squashed’ orbital path revealed
“Confidently detecting eccentricity is crucial for identifying how the binary black holes that we see with gravitational waves…
Astronomers discover the most ‘pristine’ star in the known universe
Kinematic properties. The past orbit of J0715 − 7334 and the LMC in Galactic coordinates on-sky, overlaid on…