Ultrafast light delivers 10x magnetic control for quantum devices
Scientists have uncovered a new way to control magnets using flashes of light lasting less than a trillionth…
Visualizing interaction-driven restructuring of quantum Hall edge states
Halperin, B. I. Quantized Hall conductance, current-carrying edge states, and the existence of extended states in a two-dimensional…
Quantum 100. UNESCO Recognizes Quantum Leaders
The Quantum 100 is a global initiative celebrating individuals propelling the field of quantum science forward. Recognizing the…
Speeding up antiferromagnetic switching | Nature Materials
Coughlin, T. Seagate shows path to over 100TB hard disk drives. Forbes (23 May 2025); https://go.nature.com/44vKTW8 Ogawa, K.…
A quantum mystery that stumped scientists for decades is solved
A global research team led by Rice University physicist Pengcheng Dai has verified the presence of emergent photons…
What MIT Physicist Nuno Loureiro Was Working on Before Fatal Shooting
The fatal shooting of professor Nuno Loureiro of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has prompted an outpouring…
James Webb Telescope Might Illuminate Dark Matter in a Completely New Way
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already begun to unravel the mysteries of the universe, offering new…
The Year in Physics | Quanta Magazine
Beyond Quanta Finding Peter PutnamNautilus “How could this genius, this Einstein of the mind, just vanish into obscurity?”…
Quantum chemistry could enable safer, chlorine-free water disinfection
US scientists have taken a major step towards supplying hospitals and treatment facilities with safer chlorine-free water disinfection…
Ramanujan’s 100-year-old pi formula is still revealing the Universe
Most people first encounter the irrational number π (pi) — commonly approximated as 3.14 and extending infinitely without…
Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Astronomers May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of These Freaky Blue Cosmic Flashes
The cosmos is so full of mysteries that sometimes, astronomers will find answers to things you’ve probably never…