Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that transcended realms, switched sexes, went south,…
Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit
Artistic representation of an optically excited molecule on a surface of a crystal. Credit: MPL, Alexey Shkarin An…
Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter
Chinese researchers have developed a table-top magnetic sensor that operates at room temperature and can spot magnetic signals…
Graphene superconductivity switched off, proving electrons drive it
Researchers have completely switched off superconductivity in magic-angle graphene by weakening interactions between electrons, providing strong evidence that…
She was 18 when she questioned quantum computing’s big promise, Ewin Tang’s breakthrough changed how scientists see quantum advantage
Ewin Tang was only 18 when her research challenged a widely held belief about the power of quantum…
Brian Gaucher (ERVA): Why engineering, not physics, now limits quantum progress
Yuval Boger interviews Brian Gaucher, an experienced engineer and IBM veteran who co-chaired ERVA’s report Engineering Research to…
No escape from thermodynamic limits
HOW do you explain what Charles Dickens called “The best of times, and the worst of times?” We…
Wild Experiment Reveals Quantum Objects Do Obey Gravity
Quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity explain how the Universe works at the tiniest and largest scales, respectively.…
Niobium-tin superconductors scale up for 20-tesla fusion magnets
Fusion’s push toward commercial power is creating a new challenge for the industry to produce enough specialized material…
Radiation changes hardness and stiffness in nuclear fuel, study finds
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have measured the mechanical properties of irradiated…
Researchers tested gravity across galaxy clusters separated by hundreds of millions of light-years and found it behaves almost exactly as Newton and Einstein predicted, strengthening the case for dark matter
Astronomers have discovered that stars in the outer portions of galaxies tend to move much faster than expected…
Simulations Show That Dark Matter Isn’t What Gives Stellar Streams Their Kinks
Ah, that ever-elusive dark matter. Although there has been some tantalizing evidence suggesting the detection of a dark…