Scientists discover forgotten particle that could unlock quantum computers
Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s fastest supercomputers. But today’s…
Scientists Discover Strange New Quantum Behavior in Superconducting Material
Researchers confirmed active flat bands in a kagome superconductor, opening new possibilities for designing quantum materials and future…
Scientists just cracked the quantum code hidden in a single atom
To build a large-scale quantum computer that works, scientists and engineers need to overcome the spontaneous errors that…
What came before the Big Bang? Supercomputers may hold the answer
We’re often told it is “unscientific” or “meaningless” to ask what happened before the Big Bang. But a…
Bloch oscillations of a soliton in a one-dimensional quantum fluid
Bloch, F. Über die Quantenmechanik der Elektronen in Kristallgittern. Z. Phys. 52, 555–600 (1929). ADS Google Scholar Zener,…
Physics – Microchip Provides Made-to-Order Photons
August 22, 2025• Physics 18, 151 A 10-µm-wide microchip can generate light with any desired direction, polarization, and…
Black Holes Are the Elusive Source of the Universe’s Dark Energy, Study Argues
Dark energy—the hypothetical force accelerating our universe’s expansion—sometimes raises more questions than it answers. A new study, however,…
Record-Breaking “Watermelon” Nucleus Could Rewrite Atomic Science
The study is part of Henna Kokkonen’s doctoral thesis. Credit: Tommi Sassi After more than 30 years, physicists…
Scientists Crack the Code of China’s Mysterious “Matrix Tide”
On China’s Qiantang River, witnesses recently observed an extraordinary “matrix tide,” where colliding tidal bores formed a grid…
Optical focusing into scattering media via iterative time reversal guided by absorption nonlinearity
Wang, L. V. & Wu, H. Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging. (John Wiley & Sons, 2007). Hampson, K.…
Sean Carroll explains why physics is both simple and impossible
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What appeared to be a normal galaxy concealed a ring of light
It is not every day that a nearby, cataloged galaxy reveals a secret hiding in plain sight. A…