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Quantum fluctuations found hidden beneath classical optical signals in polaritons

October 10, 2025

Schematic experimental setup (not to scale) illustrating the linear spectroscopic observables—transmission, absorption, and reflection. Credit: Optica (2025). DOI:…

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Individual electrons trapped and controlled above 1 K, easing cooling limits for quantum computing

October 10, 2025

(a) Schematic cross section of a microchannel filled with superfluid helium. (b) Schematic circuit diagram and false-color SEM…

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Simulations unveil the electrodynamic nature of black hole mergers and other spacetime collisions

October 9, 2025

Spinning black hole with gravitational electric (top) and magnetic fields (bottom). Shown in color is the gravitational electric…

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Tiny engine runs hotter than the sun to probe the frontiers of thermodynamics

October 9, 2025

The silica particle interacts with the electric field and the few air particles in the vacuum. Credit: Millen Lab/King’s…

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Astronomers detect lowest mass dark object ever measured using gravitational lensing

October 9, 2025

Overlay of the infrared emission (black and white) with the radio emission (colour). Credit: Keck/EVN/GBT/VLBA Dark matter is…

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Image of two black holes circling each other captured for the first time

October 9, 2025

Two black holes in orbit around each other in quasar OJ287. On the left is a theoretical diagram,…

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World's most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves

October 9, 2025

The Gravity Exploration Team was able to achieve record-breaking levels of sensitivity with the Quantum Enhanced Space-Time measurement…

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Quantum dynamics on your laptop? New technique moves us closer

October 9, 2025

The evolution of a single spin under coherent driving and spontaneous decay. TWA (solid lines) shows strong agreement…

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Magnetic 'switchback' detected near Earth for the first time

October 9, 2025

NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which consists of four spacecraft, is gathering information about magnetic reconnection around Earth. Credit:…

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First device based on 'optical thermodynamics' can route light without switches

October 9, 2025

Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…

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October 9, 2025

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of forest-based projects funded through the sale of carbon credits shows that…

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Analyses of moon's largest impact crater reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past

October 9, 2025

The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the moon formed in a southward impact (toward…

Quantum fluctuations found hidden beneath classical optical signals in polaritons

Individual electrons trapped and controlled above 1 K, easing cooling limits for quantum computing

Simulations unveil the electrodynamic nature of black hole mergers and other spacetime collisions

Tiny engine runs hotter than the sun to probe the frontiers of thermodynamics

Astronomers detect lowest mass dark object ever measured using gravitational lensing

Image of two black holes circling each other captured for the first time

World’s most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves

Quantum dynamics on your laptop? New technique moves us closer

Magnetic ‘switchback’ detected near Earth for the first time

First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches

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Analyses of moon’s largest impact crater reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past