Quantum radio antenna uses Rydberg states for sensitive, all-optical signal detection
Experimental setup for controlling the quantum radio antenna. Credit: Michal Parniak, University of Warsaw A team from the…
Old-school material could power quantum computing and cut data center energy use
a) Phase-field simulated values of the in-plane polarization, Px, as a function of temperature, reflecting the degree of…
Mysterious glow in Milky Way could be evidence of dark matter
Normalized density projections of the bulges. The columns show dark matter, stellar, and quadratic dark matter densities, respectively.…
Time crystals could power future quantum computers
A time crystal formed on top of a superfluid in ultracold conditions. Credit: Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University. A glittering…
Quantum mechanics trumps the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale
Two-oscillator quantum engine. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw8462 Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have proven…
Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell…
Framework models light-matter interactions in nonlinear optical microscopy to determine atomic structure
From left to right, Albert Suceava, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering; Venkatraman Gopalan, a professor…
Generation of harmful slow electrons in water is a race between intermolecular energy decay and proton transfer
Schematic representation of intermolecular coulombic decay and proton transfer in liquid water. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61912-w…
Ancient lead exposure may have shaped evolution of human brain
Infographic shows lead exposure to humans in modern times versus our ancestors; how teeth fossil and brain tissue…
Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice, researchers say
NASA’s Phoenix mission in 2008 was the first to excavate down and capture photos of ice, pictured here,…
Record-breaking gamma ray burst seems to be caused by a black hole engulfed by a bloated star
The combined, background-subtracted gamma-ray lightcurve of GRBÂ 250702B. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.22792 On July 2, 2025, NASA’s Fermi…
Astronomers detect radio signals from a black hole tearing apart a star—outside a galactic center
Artist’s interpretation of two massive black holes (MBHs) within a galaxy. A tidal disruption event unfolds around the…