Are the cosmic voids truly empty?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If we take out all the matter, neutrinos, dark matter, cosmic rays, and radiation…
Plasma lens can focus attosecond pulses across different ranges of XUV light
a, An attosecond pulse enters a capillary, where a strong electrical pulse generates a hydrogen plasma. As the…
The expansion of our universe may be slowing down. What does that mean for dark energy?
As if dark energy weren’t already mysterious and baffling enough, new research suggests that this unknown force may…
An optical meta-image-processor for enhanced imaging through strongly scattering media
Principle In an ideal imaging system, the PSF appears as a distinct Airy pattern, as shown in Fig. 1a.…
Two independent quantum networks successfully fused into one
Scheme of quantum network fusion, network architecture and operation principle. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01792-0 Many quantum…
New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics
Even in its simplified form, however, it’s still a model of a quantum system, with all the computational…
When Neutron Stars Collide, Neutrinos Get Into The Mix
The material of a neutron star is unlike anything we have on Earth. Rather than atoms and molecules,…
Scientists recreate ‘cosmic fireballs’ in CERN particle accelerator to hunt for missing gamma-rays
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated “cosmic fireballs” here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The experiment aimed…
Superconducting qubit that lasts for over 1 millisecond is primed for industrial scaling
A Princeton team has reported their new qubit lasts for over 1 millisecond, three times longer than the…
Millisecond lifetimes and coherence times in 2D transmon qubits
Place, A. P. M. et al. New material platform for superconducting transmon qubits with coherence times exceeding 0.3…
Quantum fusion of independent networks based on multi-user entanglement swapping
Xu, F., Ma, X., Zhang, Q., Lo, H. K. & Pan, J. W. Secure quantum key distribution with…
Scientists observe single top quark with W, Z bosons for first time
Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected a phenomenon that happens only every trillion proton collisions,…