Could Dark Matter Be Under the Influence of a Mysterious “Fifth Force”?
New research is bringing fresh insights to one of cosmology’s most enduring mysteries: the question of whether dark…
Why general relativity would’ve been discovered without Einstein
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How quantum computers can aid the search for room-temperature superconductors
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals…
Effective descriptions of bosonic systems can be considered complete
Bosonic quantum information theory Quantum information theory with bosonic systems typically involves modeling unbounded operators over infinite-dimensional Hilbert…
Breakthrough could connect quantum computers at 200X the distance
New research from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) Asst. Prof. Tian Zhong could…
Quantum nonlocality may be inherent in the very nature of identical particles
Nonlocality seems to be enchanted into such a fundamental property of our universe as the indistinguishability of quantum…
MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene | MIT News
Superconductors are like the express trains in a metro system. Any electricity that “boards” a superconducting material can…
China’s Tianwen 1 Mars probe captures images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
China’s Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter has imaged the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during its close pass by the Red…
World’s first plasma lens keeps 80% of attosecond light power
Attoseconds, the billionths of a billionth of a second, are the shortest flashes of light ever created. Now,…
Nearby pulsar offers insights into emission physics near the death line
Pulse stacks of PSR J2129+4119 observed on September 29, 2024, showing three distinct behaviors: steady drifting (left), intermittent…
FSU physicists discover new state of matter in electrons, platform to study quantum phenomena
From left, researchers Cyprian Lewandowski, Aman Kumar and Hitesh Changlani. (Devin Bittner/FSU College of Arts and Sciences) Electricity…
A long, bumpy caterpillar-like wormhole may connect two black holes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For obvious reasons, we do not know what the inside of a black hole…