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Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric connections and a patrilineal society in early China

October 12, 2025

Geographic placement and chronology of Baligang subjects. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63743-1 Scientists from Peking University have…

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'Rosetta stone' of code allows scientists to run core quantum computing operations

October 12, 2025

Artist’s impression of the entangled logic gate built by University of Sydney quantum scientists. Credit: Emma Hyde/University of…

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Strain engineering enhances spin readout in quantum technologies, study shows

October 11, 2025

(a) Schematic diagram of the change of hh-divacancy due to the transverse strain εt of (xx−yy). The c-axis…

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Rules for creating quasiparticles that can power optical computers, quantum devices

October 11, 2025

The research team tested materials ranging, from films with randomly arranged molecules to more organized molecular crystals to…

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Controlling atomic interactions in ultracold gas 'at the push of a button'

October 11, 2025

Two-color engineering of Floquet-Feshbach resonances. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw3856 Changing interactions between the smallest particles at…

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A new scalable approach to realize a quantum communication network based on ytterbium-171 atoms

October 11, 2025

Science cell with tweezer forming objective lenses. Credit: Covey Lab. Quantum networks, systems consisting of connected quantum computers,…

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Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds

October 11, 2025

Hippos lived at the Upper Rhine in the same time frame as mammoths. In the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen a hippo…

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Scientists use X-ray laser to identify new room-temperature phase

October 11, 2025

Optical images measured simultaneously with five types of P–t curve. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02364-x Ice cream…

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Multimode quantum entanglement achieved via dissipation engineering

October 11, 2025

Programmable multimode entanglement generation by dissipative engineering. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv7838 A research team led by…

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Stable ferroaxial states offer a new type of light-controlled non-volatile memory

October 11, 2025

Terahertz light can reversibly switch an unusual form of structural order in solids—called ferroaxiality—between clockwise and counterclockwise rotational…

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Unified model explains extreme jet streams on all giant planets

October 11, 2025

The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn exhibit eastward-flowing equatorial jet streams, while the ice giants Uranus and Neptune…

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By removing common biases, study debunks U-shaped happiness curve with age

October 11, 2025

A causal diagram illustrating overcontrol bias. Arrows order variables in time and show possible direct causal effects. Notes:…

Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric connections and a patrilineal society in early China

‘Rosetta stone’ of code allows scientists to run core quantum computing operations

Strain engineering enhances spin readout in quantum technologies, study shows

Rules for creating quasiparticles that can power optical computers, quantum devices

Controlling atomic interactions in ultracold gas ‘at the push of a button’

A new scalable approach to realize a quantum communication network based on ytterbium-171 atoms

Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds

Scientists use X-ray laser to identify new room-temperature phase

Multimode quantum entanglement achieved via dissipation engineering

Stable ferroaxial states offer a new type of light-controlled non-volatile memory

Unified model explains extreme jet streams on all giant planets

By removing common biases, study debunks U-shaped happiness curve with age