can it produce the next big breakthrough?
No one could accuse Demis Hassabis of dreaming small. In 2016, the company he co-founded, DeepMind, shocked the…
Telecom-wavelength quantum teleportation using frequency-converted photons from remote quantum dots
Experimental configuration Figure 1a shows a general schematic of the experiment. Two remote QDs are used: QD1 functions as…
How obesity drugs quiet ‘food noise’ in the brain
Drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro act on GLP-1 receptors in the brain to regulate appetite. Credit: Oliver…
Decoupling structural molecular dynamics from excited state lifetimes using few-femtosecond ultraviolet resonant dispersive waves
It can be seen from the transient analysis presented in Fig. 3 that two exponential decay pathways play a…
A Chinese AI model taught itself basic physics — what discoveries could it make?
Researchers gave an AI data from physics experiments involving systems using pendulum-like motion to see if it could…
Pressure anisotropy-driven instabilities regulate the jovian magnetodisk
Magnetodisk crossings Magnetodisk crossings are characterized by reversals in the measured magnetic field. For example, Supplementary Fig. 1 shows…
Mechanically steered photon upconversion and circularly polarized luminescence in stretchable photonic crystal films
Optimization of upconverted SPC films preparation and UCPL We prepared the BPEA/PtTPBP-loaded upconverted SPC films by using a…
Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve
The tiny, drug-filled robots are guided through blood vessels using magnets.Credit: Luca Donati/lad.studio Zürich A remote-controlled robot the…
can gene editing prevent heart disease?
Crystalline forms of cholesterol (blue) in a liver cell (purple), imaged using a scanning electron microscope.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science…
Eigenstate control of plasmon wavepackets with electron-channel blockade
Time-resolved measurement of plasmon wavepackets Our quantum device consists of a 100 μm-long electron waveguide, fabricated by depositing electrostatic…
Measurement of correlated charge noise in superconducting qubits at an underground facility
Controlling the radiation environment of superconducting qubits The qubit chip was relocated from the Earth’s surface at Madison,…
Rare genetic variants confer a high risk of ADHD and implicate neuronal biology
The iPSYCH study was approved by the Scientific Ethics Committee in the Central Denmark Region (case number 1-10-72-287-12)…