Threshold effects enable self-stopping robot swarms
A bunch of microrobots scurrying around at the Institute of Theoretical Physics II of the Heinrich Heine University…
New model explains plutonium’s peculiar behavior
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Normally, materials expand when heated. Higher temperatures cause atoms to vibrate, bounce around and…
Quantum breakthrough enables scientists to reverse the flow of time
In the world of quantum physics, the rules that govern reality behave in ways that challenge what we…
Optical control of resonances in temporally symmetry-broken metasurfaces
Moitra, P. et al. Programmable wavefront control in the visible spectrum using low-loss chalcogenide phase-change metasurfaces. Adv. Mater.…
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‘Neglected’ particles that could rescue quantum computing
Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems far beyond the reach of today’s fastest supercomputers. But today’s…
The First Molecules In The Universe Reveal Surprises After Being Bombarded With Deuterium
A new study has found a few odd surprises about the first molecule in the universe, suggesting our…
US finds missing particle that makes quantum computing fully possible
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) in the US turned to an often overlooked particle for…
Researchers discover universal rules of quantum entanglement across all dimensions
Quantum entanglement in 1+1 and 2+1 dimensions. Credit: Yuya Kusuki A team of theoretical researchers used thermal effective…
Demonstration of a tunable non-Hermitian nonlinear microwave dimer
Figure 1 a illustrates the 3D microwave cavities used in our system, each with four ports featuring adjustable coupling…
Anisotropic non-Fermi liquid and dynamical Planckian scaling of a quasi-kagome Kondo lattice system
The temperature dependences of the R(ω) and σ1(ω) spectra obtained from the Kramers-Kronig analysis of the R(ω) spectra…
Ultrafast imaging method characterizes thousands of molecules using single-photon camera
Single molecule FLIM setup and acquisition scheme. Credit: Light: Science & Applications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-01901-2 EPFL researchers have…