Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Baryon acoustic oscillations represent the sound of the Big Bang. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute, CC BY-SA Looking…
In a first, transmon qubit achieves a coherence time of one millisecond
A team of researchers in Finland has set a new world record for how long a quantum bit,…
German physicists control electronics with light pulses
German scientists have discovered a method to control atomically thin semiconductors using ultrashort pulses of terahertz light, rather…
Scientists Finally Solved a Century-Old Quantum Puzzle: Unveiling the Electron Tunnel
In a groundbreaking study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers led by Professor Dong Eon Kim of POSTECH’s…
Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity
Concept and experimental workflow Figure 1 shows the conceptual scheme and the experimental setup of the polarization-sensitive off-axis…
Who is Agastya Goel? Indian-origin teen wins gold in Physics Olympaid; ‘did physics in front of the Taj Mahal’
The US Physics Team won five gold medals at the 2025 International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), held from July…
Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials | MIT News
MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their…
Scientists confirm long-theorized idea – discover metallic material displaying 1D magnetism
In the fast-changing world of quantum science, a team of researchers has found something rare. A new material,…
Programming of refractive functions | Nature Communications
Design and architecture of an arbitrary refractive function generator (RFG) The architecture of an RFG is shown in…
New framework clears spin-orbit confusion in solids and unifies physics
For over a century, scientists have accepted an uneasy truth. Quantum mechanics and relativity, two of the most…
Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough, detect rare quantum friction in folded graphene
Friction, though familiar in everyday life, remains a complex phenomenon—especially at the microscopic level. Scientists long believed it…
The Universe’s Brightest Flash Reveals the Secrets of Cosmic Jet
In October 2022, space telescopes detected the most powerful gamma ray burst ever recorded. Known as GRB 221009A…