Ancient genomes provide final word in Indo-European linguistic origins
Distribution of Bell Beaker-derived and Yamnaya-derived ancestry proportions obtained from the IBD admixture model. The proportion of each…
Quantum origin of anomalous Floquet phases in cavity-QED materials
Model Hamiltonian The Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model has been a canonical model of a topological insulator in one dimension…
Long-theorized quantum spin liquids observed in the lab
A team of researchers from Switzerland and France and theoretical physicists in Canada and the U.S., including Rice…
Iceland authorizes whale hunting until 2029
Iceland is one of just three countries that still allow whaling, along with Japan and Norway. Iceland, one…
Uncovering the environmental drivers of black spot syndrome
An ocean surgeonfish with black spot syndrome. Credit: Cheyenna de Wit For many researchers in biology and other…
Guarantees on the structure of experimental quantum networks
Necessary constraints on quantum network correlations Characterizing the correlations that are generated in network scenarios is a notably…
Is there any science behind the practice of ‘grounding’ or ‘earthing’?
After a long day, there’s little doubt that walking through nature or sitting in a park can be…
Environment induced dynamical quantum phase transitions in two-qubit Rabi model
Dissipative quantum Rabi model with two interacting qubits We consider two interacting qubits connected through a harmonic oscillator…
Exclusive | From physics to mind: where AI really came from
Today, American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek launches the first in a series of monthly columns…
Some Notes On The Utility Function Of Fundamental Science Experiments
Earlier this year I mentioned here that I would be writing an article on how the utility function…
Quantum secret of hydrogen bonds in liquid water revealed in a first
The hydrogen bonds that form water molecules are responsible for the many properties that make water a unique…
Tracking down nuclear fission’s elusive scission neutron with a supercomputer
Time series of the neutron number density in fm−3 for a typical fission trajectory. Credit: Physical Review Letters…